Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed named to “LEUTNANT (JGN

named to “LEUTNANT (JGN

Fascist Youth = GIL (Gioventu Italiano Del Littorio) Uniform Badge (blackened and silvered metal

Schleich ordered his plane to be painted all black

an absolutely superb early example of this order

and from 1943 onward

Germany, Imperial. A Black Grade Wound Badge, Cut-Out Version Newly Listed named to “LEUTNANT (JGN(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.