Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive inscribed "September 1917" on the

inscribed "September 1917" on the reverse

As a result of their service

(Schlesischer Adler)

Instituted in 1953

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive inscribed "September 1917" on the(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 03 mm (w) x 43. 79 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, with