German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander Auction Archive with nice old nice patina

with nice old nice patina

measuring 118 mm in diameter at the base x 370 mm in height

the former presumably for the addition of a dedication to a recipient

during the battle for Velikiye Luki

H40814 Rifleman G

German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander Auction Archive with nice old nice patina(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Foto). 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 36. 61 mm (w) x 44. 27 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by