Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed 4th Sea Lord (1924)

4th Sea Lord (1924)

now absorbed into the WA

the lower left of the obverse bearing the studio mark of Heinrich Hoffmann

missing screwplate

measuring 75 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed 4th Sea Lord (1924)(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 raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 02 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 11. 9 grams, in extremely fine