Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held United Republic of illustrating the Grand Cross and

illustrating the Grand Cross and the Breast Star of the Order

5 cm (w) x 21

A Kanoniertag Magdeburg badge (15-16

People's Republic: Medal of Merit for National Defence (bronze gilt

on navy blue felt

Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held United Republic of illustrating the Grand Cross and(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 45 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, with loss of