Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude until an English Company came

until an English Company came to his assistance

1879 in Fataghur

marked on the ring “Pat

Archbishop of Vienna

this particular example have a different pin and catch set up as one described in book by Maerz/Stimson

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude until an English Company came(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