maker marked “Gelsenkirchen - 25
just hardly visible hairline cracks
and the amphibious Type 166 Schwimmwagen (14
with elongated neck loop also featuring the wattle pattern
he was transferred to the 10th Field Company
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Black Grade GTRexclude maker marked “Gelsenkirchen - 25(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 77 mm (w) x 45. 08 mm (h), weighing 12. 1 grams, in extremely fine condition.