with gold finish nearly completely worn off on the clasp with only traces remaining
fine chipping in the black enamels on all four arms
June 1944 / Contribution of the Expeditionary Infantry Division Corps)
A letter to Oberfeldwebel (master sergeant) Hugo Schmidt
on an incorrect ribbon
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold with gold finish nearly completely(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x