Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed GUARDIA DI FINANZA"

GUARDIA DI FINANZA"

instituted 31 December 1850 by Friedrich August II (1890-1918 issue)

obverse centre exhibiting a superposed heraldic Norway Lion in silver gilt

The shoulder boards are the sewn in type and the pebbled buttons are slightly smaller than the other buttons on the tunic

with alternating Spanish castles and lions in each quadrant also in bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Newly Listed GUARDIA DI FINANZA"(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of