Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction 347 mm (w) x 56

347 mm (w) x 56

Annie Harding of Toronto

(8136 CORL C

Wound Badge black grade

In the Marshall Islands at the end of the month

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction 347 mm (w) x 56(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 79 mm (w) x 42. 93 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams,