Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude an 1897 graduate

an 1897 graduate

approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")

aerobatics

reads as follows: "1914-1939 /1918-1945 / IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY OF CANADA WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE / THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN BUT THEIR MEMORY SHALL ENDURE

A very fine example of a silver grade Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude an 1897 graduate(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered 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 a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 92 for Josef Rckert & Sohn, Gablonz, measuring 36. 44 mm (w)