Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Black Grade Wound Badge with Document, to Leutnant zur See S. Grohnmeyer
(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of blackened zink, 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 flat wire, unmarked, measuring 37.96 mm (w) x 45.56 mm (h), weighing 9.3 grams, with some loss of paint evident, in overall very fine condition; accompanied by its award document, named to Leutnant zur See S. Grohnmeyer, issued on 29 May 1940 for a single wound suffered at Kattegat on 13 April 1940, measuring 210 mm (w) x 150 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

