Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude measuring 100 mm x 63

measuring 100 mm x 63 mm

on a coated paper stock

and is not to be taken on combat flights

It features a turned down-collar which is lined in smooth dark green wool and flanked on each side by tabs

101 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 1st Infantry Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude measuring 100 mm x 63(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of a blackened zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 60 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), weighing 8. 7 grams, with minor oxidation and loss of finish