Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac awarded to the tram conductor

awarded to the tram conductor Friedrich Horn in Kiel on 11 February 1935

which had to be amputated three inches below the shoulder

The monsoon season

reverse applique slightly loose

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac awarded to the tram conductor(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams,