The Wound Badge in Black certificate is named to Obergefreiter Wehling of Infantry Regiment 216 for being wounded on March 4
It is dated to the Reserve Military Hospital I Bayreuth on April 14
Knight or Dame of Justice or of Grace
marked "ANNO MDCCCXLVII" (Year 1847) on the reverse cartouche
and a German Red Cross Service Decoration
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Archive The Wound Badge in Black(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around 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. 74 mm (w) x 44. 00 mm (h),