Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Package, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity with a narrow matching strip

with a narrow matching strip of tresse above

above a maker’s code of “M7/33” for P

professional competence and mature judgment

the initial attack was a failure

along with eight Ribbon Bars (one with a swing bar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Package, by Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity with a narrow matching strip(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with an illegible LDO code, measuring 36. 91 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 12. 5 grams, accompanied by its