Germany, Heer. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Grenadier Franz Jankowiak Auction 37cm (or 15 inches) in

37cm (or 15 inches) in length

later changed to Mrs

He flew at a height of 500 feet over the enemy's lines

with light scuffing along the edges

within an inscription of “MEINE EHRE HEIßT TREUE” (“MY HONOUR IS LOYALTY”)

Germany, Heer. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, With Award Document To Grenadier Franz Jankowiak Auction 37cm (or 15 inches) in(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 Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 22 mm (w) x 45. 50 mm (h), weighing 8. 9 grams, in