Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed both unmarked and measuring 28

both unmarked and measuring 28 mm (w) x 116 mm (l)

Type III with Ball Suspension

pre-deceased him

with an embossed maker’s mark of “H

the obverse presents a finely grained texture

Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed both unmarked and measuring 28(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped outer edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 62 mm (w) x 42. 90 mm (h), weighing 12. 4