Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude Accompanied by its 10 mm

Accompanied by its 10 mm x 35 mm Ribbon Bar

with black backer

consisting of a collar tab sewn diagonally to a shoulder board with a ribbon for an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class visible on the reverse

maker marked "ZIPPO BRADFORD

the last two letters of the unit are partially erased and have been re-struck over the remaining letters

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude Accompanied by its 10 mm(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge