Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China and crude replacement of the

and crude replacement of the pinback and hinge pin

Here is a rare example of the 1933 pattern SS dagger by the seldom seen exclamation mark

designed with notched lapels and tapered

overall bronze wash loss)

illustrating both the obverse and the reverse of the medal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China and crude replacement of the(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 wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Otto