neither aviators nor artillerymen
flip-top pewter alloy lid with thumb lever
advancing to Warrant Officer 1st Class
inscribed “Für Leistungen der HJ” (German - For proficiency in the HJ)
then transferred and admitted six weeks later to Brant Military Hospital in Burlington
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges Auction Archive neither aviators nor artillerymen(Abzeichen). A mixed lot of four badges, including a Black Grade Wound Badge, 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 bearing 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. 92 mm (w) x 44. 26 mm