Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern visually-hidden silver with white enamels

silver with white enamels

accompanied by a period mis-matched presentation case

the bottom with a brown thatched-look paper covering

02 mm (w) x 50

Bengal Sappers and Miners

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern visually-hidden silver with white enamels(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 79 mm (w) x 42. 93 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams,