Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude until an English Company came

until an English Company came to his assistance

the right eye was destroyed and removed at No

the obverse centre bears the letter ""A"" in Gold in Gothic script

A plain button

1879 in Fataghur

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation GTRexclude until an English Company came(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern oval laurel leaf wreath with edges cut out, 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original magnetic metal backplate, unmarked, measuring 38. 10 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h), weighing 16. 1