Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed two pinch pins on reverse

two pinch pins on reverse

the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon trapezoid bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

now absorbed into the WA

measuring 75 mm (w) x 50 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed two pinch pins on reverse(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 02 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 11. 9 grams, in extremely fine