Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold and one from Oberfähnrich (Senior

and one from Oberfähnrich (Senior Ensign) to Lieutenant

the sixty-fifth birthday of the Grand Duchess

” and maker marked with the maker’s stylized logo on the reverse

with a lightly textured black faux leather exterior

Major Arthur Arnold Barrett

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold and one from Oberfähnrich (Senior(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified