Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross

comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross

but with most of the original gilding worn off

with others appearing to have been taken on the Eastern Front

circumscribed by an inscription of “DER SENAT DER FREIEN UND HANSESTADT LÜBECK” (“THE SENATE OF THE FREE AND HANSEATIC CITY OF LÜBECK”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander United Republic of comprising: Prussia: Iron Cross(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 topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 70 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of