Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold the Dortmund-Ems Canal

the Dortmund-Ems Canal

1944 with the rank of Major

without chips or cracks of any kind

reverse inscribed "IN MEMORY OF" and engraved "PTE W

Only the highest-ranking guests received a personal invitation from the Emperor

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold the Dortmund-Ems Canal(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. 67 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 6. 6 grams, accompanied by its period original package of