Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed Kreissieger 1939

Kreissieger 1939

the reverse with a central inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR”)

sometimes referred to as the Queen's Korea Medal to distinguish it from the United Nations Service Medal

Scots Fusiliers of Canada (in white metal

some oxidation of the wire evident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed Kreissieger 1939(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. 62 mm (w) x 44. 42 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of