Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Case Auction Kriegsmarine 18 Years Long Service

Kriegsmarine 18 Years Long Service Cross

while a grey rayon liner encompasses the crown

There is a pocket inside on the right breast

issued in Russia on 3 December 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Case Auction Kriegsmarine 18 Years Long Service(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 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. 14 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original