Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity Friedel subsequently helped to hold

Friedel subsequently helped to hold the position until the arrival of reinforcements

measuring 75 mm x 11 mm

30 mm (w) x 25

the reverse bearing a raised double-headed Austrian imperial eagle

the exterior bearing a central blackened and silvered Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity Friedel subsequently helped to hold(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),