Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed provided by the Dachau concentration

provided by the Dachau concentration camp

the lower left of the obverse bearing the studio mark of Heinrich Hoffmann

4th Sea Lord (1924)

measuring 75 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed provided by the Dachau concentration(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 02 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 11. 9 grams, in extremely fine