Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Archive returning home in 1947

returning home in 1947

Says he was not deaf before this

the Gunnery School at Devonport in 1940 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant on February 18

without ribbon loop and neck ribbon

Lieutenant-Colonel James Winfred Tice

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Archive returning home in 1947(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 49 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue, constructed of light brown paper