Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive without visible markings

without visible markings

measuring 68 mm x 358 mm

scattered fraying and soiling on the fields

with ribbon swatches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive without visible markings(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,