Description
construction
demonstrating loss of finish and soiling to the award and ribbon
and First War Victory Medal (in bronze gilt
most of the cord has been lost
Type I (Spomenica na srpsko-turske ratove 1876-1878)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive construction(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz 1. Modell). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 75 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams,