Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case and Stick Pin Miniature, by the Vienna Mint Auction Accompanied by copies his Attestation

Accompanied by copies his Attestation Paper and Service and Casualty Form

surrounded by the inscription "VILLA SPADA DIFESA DI ROMA 1849"

A Rare Schalburg Officers Cross - In gilded bronze

SMITH B M 1c USN" on the reverse

he returned to Halifax

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, with Case and Stick Pin Miniature, by the Vienna Mint Auction Accompanied by copies his Attestation(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui und Anstecknadel). Constructed of gilded 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,