Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive and Franz Joseph I

and Franz Joseph I

orange and green enamels

1917: "As a Corps Squadron Commander from the beginning of June 1917 till this date

Army Personnel Temporarily Attached to Duty at a Concentration Camps

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive and Franz Joseph I(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 37. 24 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), some oxidation evident, in overall very fine condition.