Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed (Hanseatenkreuz) Instituted 10 September 1915

(Hanseatenkreuz) Instituted 10 September 1915

The opposite ends of the straps are looped around a gilded zink double loop

ISBN 0-517-385562

measuring 33 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed (Hanseatenkreuz) Instituted 10 September 1915(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h),