Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Hold both with white embroidered bears

both with white embroidered bears

Leutnant von Gottberg was severely wounded on the Western Front in 1917

when his "face

he proceeded to New Zealand with the 3rd Battalion

Rosa (Göbel)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Hold both with white embroidered bears(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 11 mm (w) x 44. 93 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, accompanied