Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed stamped on the reverse with

stamped on the reverse with “Z

two pinch pins on reverse

the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin

the lower left of the obverse bearing the studio mark of Heinrich Hoffmann

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon trapezoid bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge Newly Listed stamped on the reverse with(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 02 mm (w) x 44. 38 mm (h), weighing 11. 9 grams, in extremely fine