German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander certificate_of_authenticity Lüdenescheid

Lüdenescheid

nearly 100mm (or 4 inches) in total length

Accompanied by copies of newspaper articles from the Montreal Gazette and the Montreal Star of August 18

the obverse bearing a wreathed central mobile swastika

German, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Recipient Photo, by Heinrich Wander certificate_of_authenticity Lüdenescheid(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Foto). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 61 mm (w) x 44. 27 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by