Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed he was invalided to England

he was invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Cambria

town marked

possibly from pinning to a wall

"A Corporal was killed by the same shell and a number of others were wounded

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed he was invalided to England(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 62 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 12. 5 grams, minor loss of finish evident, in overall near extremely