Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction XXII - The Battle of

XXII - The Battle of El Tee

On the left sleeve is hand sewn a Kuban Shield

It is fully trimmed with an embroidered gold threaded border

it noted that there was a "foreign body in (his) left knee joint" on November 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction XXII - The Battle of(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams,