Footnote: The medal was instituted on May 12
maker marked "LF" and name engraved on the reverse
and blackened bronze with enamels
the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M9/82” along with maker “M
of fine quality Austrian manufacture (unmarked
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Owner-Attributed Black Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The medal was instituted(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 87 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 13.