A Second War German Black Grade Wound Badge Auction Archive With a rare 1870 case

With a rare 1870 case of issue

with the remaining 78 housed in pockets on the inside of the rear cover

with them in the field on the 18th

89 mm x 140 mm)

064 wounded and 34 missing in action

A Second War German Black Grade Wound Badge Auction Archive With a rare 1870 caseA second war German Verwundetenabzeichen; oval shaped blackened metal (magnetic); the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel wreaths with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked L 56 for Fruncke & Bruninghaus on the reverse; measuring 44. 13 mm x 36. 90 mm; weighing