WAS" and dated "December 5" with the year undetermined
Footnote: Richard August "Knobby" Knobloch (May 27
Accompanied by a Copy of a Parachute Regiment Badge (in silvered metal
one for an Eastern Front Medal
Bulgaria coat-of-arms and inscribed "Св Александър СТ" on the lid
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac WAS" and dated "December 5"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 92 mm (w) x 44.