Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion on April 6

with a lightly textured black faux leather exterior

it sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard which bears double-sided central fouled anchors

the reverse depicting an Austrian imperial eagle

(Médaille Coloniale)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold He signed his Attestation Paper(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