Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China INDIANAPOLIS

INDIANAPOLIS

with only minor signs of age and wear

the strap measuring 24 mm x 1

An envelope addressed to Trude Seyß-Inquart and family in Mattsee near Salzburg without a sender’s name

(Ehrenkreuze der Deutschen Mutter mit Etui)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Province of China INDIANAPOLIS(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