Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Hold III - British and foreign

III - British and foreign merchant ships

Document printed on thick paper stock

‘ЦРНОГОРСКІИ’ (of Crna Gora = Montenegro)

TYPE OR BLOCK PRINT ONLY - DO NOT WRITE IN SCRIPT

the text and image on the front cover embossed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Hold III - British and foreign(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