Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive centre cypher backed by red

centre cypher backed by red enameling

(Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich)

with fold-down side and back panels with aggressively sloping downward scallops towards the front

21st Infantry Battalion: Description: Silver gilt

reverse inscribed "PRESENTED TO R

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive centre cypher backed by red(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 93 mm (w) x 44. 58 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, in very fine condition.