Verwundetenabzeichen - Wound badge in Black

[LF95]

Hey guys,

I purchased a black wound badge yesterday in a local store. I need some second opinions on the badge, as I am concerned that it could have been painted & also if it is indeed authentic.
It has no makers mark - but from what I know, they rarely were marked on the black ones.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

[GlennAgain]

It looks good to me, the reverse hardware is fine as well...

[Adrian]

As above, everything looks fine. Minimal paint loss, the grey base metal looks like zinc.

[Gwar]

I had a few black ones, one was marked on the pin itself.. G

[LF95]

Thank you Glenn for your observations on this, much appreciate it

[LF95]

Thanks so much for responding Adrian. By the way, the OSTmedal database was very very helpful - so thank you again for sharing that with me. I received my maker Marked (127) and i could clearly see the mark when I observed it in person. Much appreciate your time

[LF95]

Takes a good magnifying glass to identify it sometimes lol. Thanks for your comment

[Brett]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what you have here is a chaos pattern fake. There are quite a few threads about these on the forum, but seeing as the search function is out of bounds for some members, I will give you a comprehensive breakdown from the WAF:

Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums

Once again, sorry mate. I would return this if I were you.

Regards
Brett

[LF95]

Thanks for your response Brett. I will definitely research about the chaos pattern fake. appreciate your time

[Brett]

Here's a few more links I dredged up from the archives:

Verwundetenabzeichen im schwartz(FAKES?)

Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz

First Verwundetenabzeichen

Regards
Brett