Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold all with a dark patina

all with a dark patina

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Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegildo

2 mm (w) x 14

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold all with a dark patina(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified