Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Newly Listed a stoker/boiler operator at Kriegsmarinewerft

a stoker/boiler operator at Kriegsmarinewerft Kiel

obverse stamped by CASTELLS

both impressed 2157474 R C CFC MONOT L

(Köln Ehrenabzeichen)

The South African War (with five chapters)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case Newly Listed a stoker/boiler operator at Kriegsmarinewerft(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 11 mm (w) x 44. 93 mm (h), weighing 11. 7 grams, accompanied