Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold engraved "FREDERICK W

engraved "FREDERICK W

and Third Reich: Long Service Medal

While doing so she was attacked unsuccessfully by two torpedoes

both held firmly held in place with their original rivets and support plates on the underside

3 mm x 28 mm

Germany. A Black Grade Wound Badge Hold engraved "FREDERICK WAn example of a well preserved third reich period Black Grade Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz); constructed of oval shaped blackened bronze; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 36. 90