Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude and is not to be

and is not to be taken on combat flights

maker marked on reverse of shield with EDUARD WITTE WIEN

a group photo of Imperial Russia Army POWs in German captivity

101 other ranks and served in France and Belgium with the 1st Infantry Brigade

circumscribed by an inscription of “VERFASSUNGSTAG IM JAHRE DER RHEINLANDBEFREIUNG 1930” (“CONSTITUTION DATE IN THE YEAR OF THE RHINELAND’S LIBERATION 1930”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude and is not to be(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of a blackened zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 60 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), weighing 8. 7 grams, with minor oxidation and loss of finish