Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Minor wear/contact marks

Minor wear/contact marks

Editor's Notes

The cuffs on the legs have black cotton ties

Another metaphor is that caterpillars have to climb out of their cocoons to escape

below is a target

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Minor wear/contact marks(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwatz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 90 mm (w) x 43. 10 mm (h), weighing 12. 5, demonstrating some surface