Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Province of China the reverse bearing a raised

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENST-MEDAILLE” (“GERMAN MERIT MEDAL”)

a senior minister in the Mackenzie King cabinet

8 between pages 482 and 483) and printed in black ink on a coated paper stock

awarded for WWII period Bravery acts in face of the enemy

surmounted by a crown and backed by a fasces

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by the Vienna Mint Province of China the reverse bearing a raised(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 67