Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")

approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")

small chip evident in the navy blue enamels

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

three piece construction

The ridge of the epaulettes is constructed of matching gold coloured bullion that is densely wrapped around a fabric core to form wavy and straight rows of strings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Josef Rückert & Sohn GTRexclude approximately 17x13cm (7"x5")(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)