Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China 1st November 1918

1st November 1918

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

Intricately patterned gray and red wool cord knot

measuring 26 cm (w) x 37 cm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern, by Otto Schickle Province of China 1st November 1918(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