Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel certificate_of_authenticity otherwise in better than fine

otherwise in better than fine condition

Footnote: William Mason Fassett was born in Nashua

technology was relatively simple and no one could afford to throw anything away

sewn in place to a brass frame with horizontal pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Fritz Mengel certificate_of_authenticity otherwise in better than fine(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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. 67 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, accompanied by its original