Germany, Heer. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Award Document, to Gefreiter Franz Held

(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 finish throughout, in fair condition; accompanied by its award document, named to “GEFR. FRANZ HELD” of 1. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 1075, issued on 8 March 1945 for a single wound suffered on 17 February 1945, measuring 140 mm (w) x 200 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.