Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint & Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of 1918 as a Boy Seaman

1918 as a Boy Seaman 1st Class

Stitched behind the buckle is a tab

reverse engraved "PRESENTED TO JOHN HARDIE

constructed of a field grey cotton/wool blended fabric

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint & Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of 1918 as a Boy Seaman(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. 56 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of