Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, First and Second World War Issue visually-hidden measuring 110 mm (w) x

measuring 110 mm (w) x 170 mm (l)

When the Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to form the Royal Air Force on April 1

to be awarded to military personnel who display exceptional military qualities and virtues that merit public respect and acknowledgement

and oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, First and Second World War Issue visually-hidden measuring 110 mm (w) x(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). A pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, including: 1. An Imperial award, constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaying crossed swords on a cut out background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h),