Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction 5 mm (w) x 120

5 mm (w) x 120

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the obverse with a central fireman blowing a horn and clutching a hose

centrepiece in gilt and enamels and illustrating a red enamelled cross

seven are maker marked ""Drago Paris Nice""

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Auction 5 mm (w) x 120(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised 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 39. 10 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm (h), weighing 13. 7 grams,