Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Hold Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto

the announcement appearing in the Supplement to the London Gazette 36017 of Friday

with facsimile signature of Peter II

the obverse with a centre medallion in white enamels with a finely detailed red eagle with the wings stretched upwards

1914 he was promoted to Gefreiter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By B.h. Mayer Hold Footnote: The Battalion was raised(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting an integrated round catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 47 mm (w) x 43. 50 mm (h),