A Mint German Black Grade Wound Badge; Alternative 1957 Version Archive has been a faithful and

has been a faithful and untiring linesman

1915 and suffered a gun shot wound to the face

Pforzheim - magnetic core

a leather one on the front housing the portrait and a thick cloth one on the back

near mint and scarce

A Mint German Black Grade Wound Badge; Alternative 1957 Version Archive has been a faithful andA second war German Verwundetenabzeichen; stamped oval shaped blackened tombac; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel wreaths with a tied bow at the bottom (note the lack of a swastika on the helmet); the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, sheet metal hinge (with the pin holding the pin in place slightly loose), and a round wire catch; measuring 44. 63 mm x 37. 29 mm; weighing 10. 1