Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive reverse is flat with a

reverse is flat with a vertical pinback

He arrived at the Canadian Base Depot in France on September 12th

On September 1st 1942 he was made Gefreiter

and photographs belonging to Ferdinand Schwarz and his wife Aloisia Bammer

The cap is flanked on each side by a gilded bronze button

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Auction Archive reverse is flat with a(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 32