Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive with an elongated suspension loop

with an elongated suspension loop and period orange ribbon

joining his new unit in the field on the 4th

(Madagascar)

of Austrian manufacture

with minor oxidation of the silver aluminum wire evident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Auction Archive with an elongated suspension loop(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h),