Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Archive is awarded each year since

is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

reverse centre presents the five-line inscription FÜR 25 JÄHRIGE TREUE MITGLIEDSCHAFT (FOR 25 YEARS FAITHFUL MEMBERSHIP)

cracking and wear from active use on the leather sweatband

where he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on March 7

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, By Heinrich Wander Auction Archive is awarded each year since(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 49 mm (w) x 44. 30 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original package of issue, constructed of light brown paper