Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive (1917-1922 issue)

(1917-1922 issue)

the outer ring featuring a series of linden leaves

An extensive mixed lot of service medals and decorations

It is designed with a protruding visor at the front and a neck guard at the rear

with the gilding approximately 95% preserved

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive (1917-1922 issue)(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