Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive the outer ring featuring a

the outer ring featuring a series of linden leaves

1915 in New Westminster

(1917-1922 issue)

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

with the gilding approximately 95% preserved

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction Archive the outer ring featuring a(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