Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold McLeod was wounded at the

McLeod was wounded at the Battle of St

featuring a black-enamelled Iron Cross to the right and a branch of oak leaves and acorns to the right

inscribed FÜR VERDIENST UM GLAUBE SITTE HEIMAT

After recovering from the malady

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Heinrich Wander Hold McLeod was wounded at the(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 topped of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 70 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of