Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint & Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed (Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Anstecknadel)

(Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Anstecknadel)

reverse inscribed "SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT / VEREEND IN GEVAAR" in the centre

engraver marked "H

and three large black and white photographs taken while on his last diplomatic mission in Turkey

Maine was out of date by the time she entered service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint & Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed (Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Anstecknadel)(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 top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of