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

INDIANAPOLIS

Frederick took a walk "incognito" on the Jungfernstieg

with only minor signs of age and wear

signed in ink by Oberstleutnant Udo de Rainville

topped by a machine-embroidered golden-yellow Medical cypher

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