Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Hold III - Neuve Chapelle

III - Neuve Chapelle

including: deep side-entry pockets on both sides at the front without buttons

both unmarked and measuring 34 mm (w) x 108 mm (l)

Bridgestreet

measuring 75 mm x 95 mm x 19

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Hold III - Neuve Chapelle(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with 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 37. 79 mm (w) x 42. 93 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams,