Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive with fold-down side and back

with fold-down side and back panels with aggressively sloping downward scallops towards the front

awards include Pilot

centre cypher backed by red enameling

21st Infantry Battalion: Description: Silver gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade Archive with fold-down side and back(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 93 mm (w) x 44. 58 mm (h), weighing 13. 1 grams, in very fine condition.