Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed 7 mm (h) ribbon bar

7 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback

A jet pilot whose Buccaneer was out of ammunition dive-bombed enemy tanks to keep them from overrunning his forces

1916 for a five day stay

and from 1943 onward

Schleich ordered his plane to be painted all black

Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed 7 mm (h) ribbon bar(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a hollow background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 96 mm (w) x 43. 27 mm (h), weighing 8. 3 grams, with oxidation evident, in very fine condition.