Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction the reverse with an illegible

the reverse with an illegible photographer’s mark

Footnote: This badge commemorates a sports competition where SA members would often engage in competition to test their technical skills and fitness levels

with a vertical replacement pin on the reverse

with the arms of the cross inscribed “Patronus Noster” (Latin - Our Holy Protector

sewn to the cap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction the reverse with an illegible(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 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 36. 70 mm (w) x 44. 16 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original package of