Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive Fischer was wounded on 28

Fischer was wounded on 28 March 1940

After six days of this they moved us to another part of the line two or three miles away

on loop for suspension unmarked

14 General Hospital at Wimereux the same day

arriving in Townsville

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive Fischer was wounded on 28(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.