Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed with trees in the background

with trees in the background

The next year

although through time and wear

measuring 85 mm x 54 inclusive of its crown suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed with trees in the background(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),