Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive Each pocket has a fold

Each pocket has a fold over flap

At Drury Lane

with a nicely enameled red background

Only 1126 gold crosses were awarded

the reverse with a black wool backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive Each pocket has a fold(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 98 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h), weighing 10. 6 grams, some loss of black finish evident,