Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive (3) Wound Badge in Black

(3)    Wound Badge in Black with citation dated 8 October 1941

with an outline of an Iron Cross embossed in silver on the exterior lid

although very few recipients took up the offer

and Der Kyffhäuserbund Seinem Kameraden Badge

containing 187 pages in addition to 53 supplemental pages

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive (3) Wound Badge in Black(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is