Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive wearing the Iron Cross 1st

wearing the Iron Cross 1st Class

1940 began the Air War against England

28 mm x 75 mm x 17 mm)

measuring 68 mm x 358 mm

McKillop standing at the left

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive wearing the Iron Cross 1st(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,