Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Award Documents

(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 raised 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 37.08 mm (w) x 44.28 mm (h), weighing 13.5 grams, in near mint condition; accompanied by its original award document, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to “OGEFR. FRANZ OSTERWIND” of 15. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 3, awarded on 1 June 1942 for a single wound suffered on 2 January of the same year, certified by the handwritten signature of an unidentified Major, measuring 14 cm (w) x 20 cm (h), demonstrating a central folding crease, in near extremely fine condition. Also accompanied by an award document for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of off-white paper stock with black ink, named to “GEFREITEN JOHANNES URBAN” of 5. Kompanie, Fahrkolonne 195, issued at headquarters on 1 September 1943, certified by the handwritten signature of Generalleutnant Edgar Röhricht (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 15 May 1944), measuring 14.5 cm (w) x 20.5 cm (h), demonstrating a central folding crease, in near extremely fine condition.