Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed then admitted two days later

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black By Alois Rettenmeyer Newly Listed then admitted two days later(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with code 16 for maker Alois Rettenmeyer, Schwabisch Gmnd, measuring 37. 42 mm (w) x 44. 41 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.