Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed 2 mm (w) x 9

2 mm (w) x 9 mm (h)

"RPR" insignia in silvered bronze and red

Behind the sweatband is an extremely well preserved cork padding

surmounted by a small eagle

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 143 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed 2 mm (w) x 9(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),