Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Hold CEF - Blackened copper

CEF - Blackened copper

accompanied by its 10 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar and its 4 mm x 17

with minor fatigue evident to the silver aluminum wire

and Memorial Cross (675598

Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Hold CEF - Blackened copper(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped outer 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 37. 62 mm (w) x 42. 90 mm (h), weighing 12. 4