Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive black leather strap with snap

black leather strap with snap closure

8 cm (l) x 18 cm (h)

Royal Fusiliers died on Thursday

exhibiting extensive period wear

marked "Bayr

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive black leather strap with snap(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined at the bottom by a bowtie ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 35 mm (w) x 44. 98 mm (h), weighing 9. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.