Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude and Bombardier Collar Badge (two-piece

and Bombardier Collar Badge (two-piece construction

5 mm (w) x 80 mm (h) x 17 mm (d))

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 506 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

5 mm (h) ribbon bar with silvered bronze miniature of the medal affixed

along with eight metal eyelets embedded into the black wool on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude and Bombardier Collar Badge (two-piece(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge