Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude At this camp he had

At this camp he had to work in a nearby coal mine under inhuman conditions

hand made by Frieda Thiersch and marked inside on the bottom cover

Private Frank McAlpine died from illness on May 6

with crossed swords and a green enamelled laurel wreath between the arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude At this camp he had(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 05 mm (w) x 44. 43 mm (h), weighing 9. 1 grams, accompanied by its