Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction It is fully trimmed with

It is fully trimmed with an embroidered gold threaded border

centrepiece in gilt and enamels and illustrating a red enamelled cross

5 mm (w) x 120

XXII - The Battle of El Tee

the obverse with a central fireman blowing a horn and clutching a hose

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction It is fully trimmed with(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 10 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams,