Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude the War Office requested that

the War Office requested that every British or foreign combat unit was to make a number of men available to take part in special training

hallmarked with a standing lion

FRANKFURT” on both the obverse and reverse

11 mm x 18

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude the War Office requested that(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), weighing 12. 7 grams, demonstrating total loss of black finish