Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents Auction Archive a white enamel Maltese Cross

a white enamel Maltese Cross with ball finials and gilt borders

on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon

featuring a black-and-white reproduced photograph of the subject

commanderies had been formed in seven states

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Documents Auction Archive a white enamel Maltese Cross(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 08 mm (w) x 44. 28 mm (h), weighing 13. 5 grams, in