Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, First and Second World War Issue visually-hidden 1944 in Strass in Steiermark

1944 in Strass in Steiermark (Austria)

and oxidation and loss of paint to the scabbard

measuring 110 mm (w) x 170 mm (l)

Footnote: A near exact I Class Star is presented and published in Spada

Grenadier-Regiment 503 sustained such heavy losses throughout 1944 that it was dissolved in December and the remnants absorbed into Grenadier-Regiment 501

Germany, Imperial; Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, First and Second World War Issue visually-hidden 1944 in Strass in Steiermark(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). A pair of Black Grade Wound Badges, including: 1. An Imperial award, constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaying crossed swords on a cut out background, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h),