Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry

Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry

41 mm (h - inclusive of crown with horizontally pierced ball suspension adorned by cross)

encircled by a half wreath

1891 in Giebichenstein (Saxony Anhalt)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 03 mm (w) x 44. 50 mm (h), weighing 14. 2 grams, oxidation and loss of the black