with a lightly textured black faux leather exterior
He signed his Attestation Paper with the 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion on April 6
” and maker marked with the maker’s stylized logo on the reverse
cotton-blend fabric belt loops are stitched around the waistband and hold a thin
a Heer field cap insignia
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, Unknown Maker Variant Hold with a lightly textured black(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, the obverse with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by a documented by unidentified