Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold inscribed FÜR VERDIENST UM GLAUBE

inscribed FÜR VERDIENST UM GLAUBE SITTE HEIMAT

McLeod was wounded at the Battle of St

41 mm x 64

these versions were often awarded and found in the collections of medals of the period

a shield insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold inscribed FÜR VERDIENST UM GLAUBE(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 70 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of