Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude measuring 46 mm (w) x

measuring 46 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

This consisted of a Laurel wreath

the last two letters of the unit are partially erased and have been re-struck over the remaining letters

with black backer

bar hanger with hook pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude measuring 46 mm (w) x(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge