Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Newly Listed traces of its original gilt

traces of its original gilt remains

203 mm x 255 mm)

Burkett enlisted in the Canadian Army

During the Great Fire of 1842

though it is now considered to be more likely that the battle actually took place near Kalkriese

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Carl Wild Newly Listed traces of its original gilt(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded feinzink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg, measuring 36. 73 mm (w) x 44. 11 mm