Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild Auction Archive then myself

then myself

Rudi’s aircraft suffered a direct hit to the right gas tank and immediately caught fire

along with the rest of the Canadian Army Medical Corps was with the Canadian Corps during the last one hundred days of the war

both straps with bronze gilt buckles near the ends and functioning bronze gilt spring-loaded clips at the ends

a very good example of an early paratrooper's badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Carl Wild Auction Archive then myself(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code 107 for maker Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 77 mm (w) x 44. 32 mm (h), weighing 26. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.