Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation Auction STUTTG" on the reverse

STUTTG" on the reverse

BATTLE DRESS

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold

Ingles was posted as a permanent cadre with the 98th Infantry Battalion on September 19

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare First Pattern Black Wound Badge, Screwback Variation Auction STUTTG" on the reverse(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of a first pattern oval laurel leaf wreath with edges cut out, 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original magnetic metal backplate, unmarked, measuring 38. 10 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h), weighing 16. 1