Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held certificate_of_authenticity dated 1946

dated 1946

72 mm x 92 mm each

and with them for the next fifteen months

it was noted that he had been "gassed at several times

Victory Medal (96117 DVR

Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held certificate_of_authenticity dated 1946(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 45 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, with loss of