Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive The cuffs on the legs

The cuffs on the legs have black cotton ties

the reverse with two fully intact prongs for attachment to the cap

Another metaphor is that caterpillars have to climb out of their cocoons to escape

Editor's Notes

Minor wear/contact marks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive The cuffs on the legs(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwatz, 1. Form). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 90 mm (w) x 43. 10 mm (h), weighing 12. 5, demonstrating some surface