Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude one with a silvered aluminum

one with a silvered aluminum DLV insignia

marked on the ring “Pat

the right eye was destroyed and removed at No

Archbishop of Vienna

until an English Company came to his assistance

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude one with a silvered aluminum(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern oval laurel leaf wreath with edges cut out, 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original magnetic metal backplate, unmarked, measuring 38. 10 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h), weighing 16. 1