Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Paul Meybauer Archive Membership cards Reich Colonial League

Membership cards Reich Colonial League Eduard Reinholtz & Christian Porschen

obverse illustrating a man in a tank top in the foreground

maker marked "CARON BROS MONTREAL 1915" on the reverse

In 1917 Thomsen was awarded the Pour le Merite

horizontal slot to accommodate the retaining loop of the national tri-colour cockade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Paul Meybauer Archive Membership cards Reich Colonial League(Verwundetenabzeichen). An oval badge constructed of silvered zink, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre bearing a mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 36. 38 mm (w) x 43. 61 mm (h), weighing 26. 2 grams, and in near very fine condition.