Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, Legion Condor United Republic of and doing it through a

and doing it through a hole in the floor of the aircraft

bruising on the MM

he contracted Diphtheria (a serious bacterial infection usually affecting the mucous membranes of the nose and throat)

which is constructed of nickel-silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, Legion Condor United Republic of and doing it through a(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Likely of Spanish manufacture, in blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 23 mm (w) x 43. 24 mm (h), weighing 11. 5 grams, in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: From the collection