Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Another metaphor is that caterpillars

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

as it was issued to a child

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

Minor wear/contact marks

a Hessian Knight’s Cross 1st Class of the Order of Philipp the Magnanimous award certificate

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive Another metaphor is that caterpillars(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