Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude A no-decal Wehrmacht Heer (Army)

A no-decal Wehrmacht Heer (Army) steel helmet

A set of Infantry Oberleutnant shoulder boards

each constructed of rose-pink wool with cardboard reinforcements and bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping

4 mm dual-slotted bar with pinback

he remained a prisoner until late 1919

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern GTRexclude A no-decal Wehrmacht Heer (Army)(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 38. 87 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm (h), weighing 12. 7 grams, demonstrating total loss of black finish