Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive 37 mm x 44 mm

37 mm x 44 mm

Being forced to live in the same company and within narrow confines seemed to make a very depressing influence on the mind

1915 in New Westminster

(1917-1922 issue)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive 37 mm x 44 mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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 39. 03 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, with