Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, Legion Condor

(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Likely of Spanish manufacture, in blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, 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 flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38.23 mm (w) x 43.24 mm (h), weighing 11.5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.

Footnote: From the collection of Robert Bender.