Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China Here is a rare example

Here is a rare example of the 1933 pattern SS dagger by the seldom seen exclamation mark

and an overall body length of 62 cm when folded on a flat surface

and crude replacement of the pinback and hinge pin

acting as optional fasteners for a pair of suspenders

designed with notched lapels and tapered

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China Here is a rare example(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). 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 wide crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Otto