Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, L22 Marked Hold 6 mm (w) x 88

6 mm (w) x 88

before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Vancouver

That was to be his last medical examination before leaving for home

and one to each shoulder

with a silvered wreath and a patinated eagle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, L22 Marked Hold 6 mm (w) x 88(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered 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 hedge embedded within a rectangular frame and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L22 for a contested variant