Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude with large blooming flowers below

with large blooming flowers below

but Pte Chamberlain with great courage delivered the message to its destination alone

Mounted as originally worn Prussian style

Croix de Guerre with crown suspension and bronze palm on ribbon

light soiling and contact on the upper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude with large blooming flowers below(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, with a central 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, unmarked, measuring 37. 62 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), weighing 7. 4 grams, in very fine condition.