Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude A gilded round medal

A gilded round medal

enamel having been lacquered

meeting a round wire catch

dressed as French workmen and carrying the necessary papers

Sapper Albert Edwin Mercer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude A gilded round medal(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 95 mm (w) x 44. 47 mm (h), weighing 9. 8 grams, in better than very fine condition.