Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity Schmid served with Abschnittsgruppe II

Schmid served with Abschnittsgruppe II Festungs-Pionier-Stab 7 (Section Group 2 Fortress Pionier Staff 7)

measuring 123 mm (w) x 185 mm (h)

South Africa 1902

eighteen with dual push pins

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity Schmid served with Abschnittsgruppe II(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz 1. Modell). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 75 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams,