Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held certificate_of_authenticity and with them for the

and with them for the next fifteen months

dated 1946

9th and 10th

This was followed by the publication of his citation

Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Award Document, To Gefreiter Franz Held certificate_of_authenticity and with them for the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 45 mm (w) x 44. 08 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, with loss of