Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction with altered to have integral

with altered to have integral ring

DRIEFONTEIN

Private Fred McArthur was awarded the 1914-15 Star

and Army Class "B" Badge (in silver

light spotting on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction with altered to have integral(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central 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. 03 mm (w) x 44. 50 mm (h), weighing 14. 2 grams, oxidation and loss of the black