Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Hold with buttoning loops attached on

with buttoning loops attached on both ends

and a Political Prisoners of Nazi Prisons and Concentration Camps "Auschwitz Cross" Identification Booklet (black and white photo of Rzegocka and numbered "05767" on the inside front cover

) "Bishop" auf Fahrgestell Inf

gilt belt loop marked with a fasces and wreathing

1941 and commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Commander (Korvettenkapitän) Jürgen Wattenberg on September 9th of that year

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Hold with buttoning loops attached on(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, maker marked L 53 for Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, on reverse, measuring 37. 83 mm (w) x 44. 78 mm (h) weighing 12. 4 grams, in near extremely fine condition.