Germany, Empire. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude 1969 in Passaic

1969 in Passaic

impressed "445" and engraved "U

Oak leaf bands with rings

was also buried in the vicinity of Chantilly

3) Signed Photograph of Heinrich Starke

Germany, Empire. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude 1969 in Passaic(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of oval shaped blackened tombac; the obverse with a Stahlhelm in the center, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse with a ball hinge, a flat wire catch, and a flat vertical pinback; measuring 36. 76 mm (w) x 41. 04 mm (h); weighing 7. 1 grams; the black finish mostly worn, thus revealing the bare tombac underneath remnants of the black