Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed including a Waffen-SS Signals Personnel

including a Waffen-SS Signals Personnel sleeve diamond

he joined a Panzer-Späh-Ersatzteillager (Panzer reconnaissance spare parts depot) in Frankfurt/Oder (eastern Germany) where he became the kitchen’s NCO

(SS Dienstmütze)

A postcard presenting a black-and-white photograph of a group of Kriegsmarine members

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Newly Listed including a Waffen-SS Signals Personnel(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), weighing 12. 7 grams, demonstrating total loss of black finish