Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern visually-hidden Footnote: The Order of Commercial

Footnote: The Order of Commercial Merit was instituted in 1939 and was renamed in 1961 as the Order of Commercial and Industrial Merit (Ordre du Mérite Commercial et Industriel)

02 mm (w) x 50

silver with white enamels

gilding mostly intact

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern visually-hidden Footnote: The Order of Commercial(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised 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. 79 mm (w) x 42. 93 mm (h), weighing 6. 8 grams,