Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity 1910 (in browning copper

1910 (in browning copper

73 mm x 118 mm

reprinted in 1996

on a feldgrau wool backer

D'S'N" (Registered Design)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity 1910 (in browning copper(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