Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold number 267714

number 267714

porcelain with a green glazed band around the center

suffering a wound to his neck from artillery fragments

the Wound Badge in Silver (1 March 1943)

By Command of Major General Winn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold number 267714(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h),