Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude It features a turned down-collar

It features a turned down-collar which is lined in smooth dark green wool and flanked on each side by tabs

on a coated paper stock

a group photo of Imperial Russia Army POWs in German captivity

soldiers and women ascending the steps of Sanssouci (the summer palace of Frederick the Great

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude It features a turned down-collar(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of a blackened zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, around a central raised Stahlhelm bearing a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 60 mm (w) x 43. 40 mm (h), weighing 8. 7 grams, with minor oxidation and loss of finish