Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive vertical pinback (previously replaced)

vertical pinback (previously replaced)

(Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich)

21st Infantry Battalion: Description: Silver gilt

awards include Pilot

centre cypher backed by red enameling

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive vertical pinback (previously replaced)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 93 mm (w) x 44. 58 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, in very fine condition.