Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery

constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery on a cotton-blended background

of fine quality Austrian manufacture (unmarked

and blackened bronze with enamels

maker marked "LF" and name engraved on the reverse

Footnote: The medal was instituted on May 12

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity constructed of multi-coloured machine embroidery(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). 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 a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 87 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 13.