Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive measuring 52 mm (w) x

measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) (without backer)

containing 187 pages in addition to 53 supplemental pages

marked ""V

with an outline of an Iron Cross embossed in silver on the exterior lid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive measuring 52 mm (w) x(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is