Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Auction Archive constructed of pressed cardstock with

constructed of pressed cardstock with a textured black faux leather exterior

It is crafted out of a sheet of molybdenum steel (magnetic)

measuring 80 x22 mm

constructed of metal (magnetic) with a silver aluminum finish

crown suspension in silver gilt with red enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Auction Archive constructed of pressed cardstock with(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Otto