Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of with white-and-blue enamelled arms

with white-and-blue enamelled arms

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-11273

Moland was with the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps

date of discharge 9 August 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of with white-and-blue enamelled arms(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 Stahlhelm bearing a raised mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 27 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original package of