Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed Initial Italian volunteers from the

Initial Italian volunteers from the ranks of the fascist militia were eventually joined in Spain by ""volunteers"" from the Italian army and air force serving in the Corpo Truppe Volontarie (Corps of Volunteer Troops)

with minor imperfections

(Danziger Luftschutzbund = DLB) Silvered bronze with blue and white enamels

a thick bronze-gilt white enameled Maltese cross with gilt fleurs-de-lys in each quadrant

edge nicks and wear on the edge of the CAFLSM

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Newly Listed Initial Italian volunteers from the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 24 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm (h), some oxidation evident, in overall very fine condition.