Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive (Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste

(Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich)

the underside of the one without stars on the oval cap numbered in black ink "40736195"

28th Division/104 MTCL

with fold-down side and back panels with aggressively sloping downward scallops towards the front

with Prince Amedeo

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive (Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste(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.