Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold Agnes Wesselhöft from Bremen

Agnes Wesselhöft from Bremen

Böttcher (1889–1973) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross and served in Africa under Generalfeldmarschall Rommel

that service did not qualify them for membership

Instituted on 7 March 1915

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Hold Agnes Wesselhöft from Bremen(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 7. 9 grams, accompanied by its