Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold ring showing signs of period

ring showing signs of period repair

dated “1939” on the lower arm

A gilt bronze cross pattee with a blackened core and a laurel wreath between the arms of the cross

Advanced to Colonel in May 1908

She started working as a cleaner in a private household in 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold ring showing signs of period(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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 7. 9 grams, accompanied by its