Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold the reverse depicting an Austrian

the reverse depicting an Austrian imperial eagle

a Heer field cap insignia

with a lightly textured black faux leather exterior

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion on April 6

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold the reverse depicting an Austrian(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified