Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and

the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and elements of the 6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment were advancing along the axis of the coastal road

on loop for suspension unmarked

Fischer was wounded on 28 March 1940

14 General Hospital at Wimereux the same day

He was promoted to Acting/Temporary Flight Sergeant on March 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion and(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central 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, marked with code L 53 for maker Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 07 mm (h), weighing 25. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.