Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation Auction Ingles was posted as a

Ingles was posted as a permanent cadre with the 98th Infantry Battalion on September 19

the wound became septic and the operated area was opened up again on December 31st

Quebec soon afterwards

"Josef Stalin" 122 (r) (50 Ton - Soviet Russian)

STUTTG" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation Auction Ingles was posted as a(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern oval laurel leaf wreath with edges cut out, 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original magnetic metal backplate, unmarked, measuring 38. 10 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h), weighing 16. 1