Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Buy Now A Bavarian Military Sanitation Order

A Bavarian Military Sanitation Order (Militär-Sanitäts-Orden)

flanked by a row of gold-coloured bullion wire on either side

the obverse pinned with a gilded bronze cypher

At the end of the war he held the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer

the belt with eight rows of two holes each for length adjustment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Buy Now A Bavarian Military Sanitation Order(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of a blackened zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 60 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), weighing 8. 7 grams, with minor oxidation and loss of finish