Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel Auction measuring 235 mm long (factory

measuring 235 mm long (factory tied together)

Philadelphia)

The innovative and relatively successful tactics used were later copied by the Germans

with maroon felt in the void of the crown

silvered tank and darkened wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel Auction measuring 235 mm long (factory(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 67 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, accompanied by its original