Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed Type III with Ball Suspension

Type III with Ball Suspension

affixed via two prongs to an embroidered Iron Cross ribbon bar)

eastern France)

with an embossed maker’s mark of “H

the obverse presents a finely grained texture

Germany, Wehrmaht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade, First Pattern Newly Listed Type III with Ball Suspension(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