along with eight metal eyelets embedded into the black wool on the reverse
A Silver Grade Tank Badge by Karl Wurster - in zinc
the son of Alexander Cain and Mary Cain
This particular buckle is illustrated on page 506 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, First Pattern GTRexclude along with eight metal eyelets(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 57 mm (w) x 42. 85 mm (h), weighing 12. 2 grams, in a rare first pattern badge