Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black Newly Listed Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander)

Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Hubert Gerard O'Kelly

a single shoulder board of interwoven bright silver/aluminum and green Russian braid mounted on a green fabric base

Surface oxidation and undulation evident on a few badges

embarking North West Europe on May 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge In Black Newly Listed Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords, on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 27mm (h), weighing 12. 4 grams, in very fine condition.