Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Auction Archive reverse illustrating seven parachutists descending

reverse illustrating seven parachutists descending from three planes

a white enameled cross with blue and red enameled centre

Posteriorly there is a defect due to loss of bone

at the age of 28 and is remembered with honour at the Vimy Memorial

Ontario Regiment was awarded the Military Medal posthumously

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Auction Archive reverse illustrating seven parachutists descending(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central 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 a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 35. 95 mm (w) x 43. 64 mm (h), weighing 23. 6 grams, with some loss of finish evident, a late