Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude (Sporthemd abzeichen)

(Sporthemd abzeichen)

It was noted that he had it from childhood

each constructed of red doeskin wool with a buckram core and trimmed with dark red piping

WWII Group of Five to Gunner Joseph W

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude (Sporthemd abzeichen)(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. 40 mm (w) x 44. 96 mm (h), weighing 13. 4 grams, evidence of repainting, in overall very fine