Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He sailed for Canada aboard

He sailed for Canada aboard the S

He would be treated at Colchester for almost five weeks

worn on original neck ribbon with tie strings at each end

with both cockades on the large side

In March 1946

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Late-War Example with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He sailed for Canada aboard(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 93 mm (w) x 44. 45