Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold a Heer field cap insignia

a Heer field cap insignia

it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard which bears double-sided central fouled anchors

National Registration Act Card

the reverse depicting an Austrian imperial eagle

with a lightly textured black faux leather exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold a Heer field cap insignia(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