Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China 5 mm Engineers Corps Device

5 mm Engineers Corps Device

signed in ink by Oberstleutnant Udo de Rainville

(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter mit Etui)

topped by a machine-embroidered golden-yellow Medical cypher

a Prague Castle Bar for the Sudetenland Medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China 5 mm Engineers Corps Device(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwatz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 90 mm (w) x 43. 10 mm (h), weighing 12. 5, demonstrating some surface