Germany, Heer. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Funke & Brüninghaus, Lüdenscheid Buy Now 5 mm x 108

5 mm x 108

Footnote: The 86th Infantry Battalion "86th Machine Gun Battalion" was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Hamilton

along with the Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye) around his neck

and Obituary

52 mm (w) x 44

Germany, Heer. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Funke & Brüninghaus, Lüdenscheid Buy Now 5 mm x 108An example of a second war German Verwundetenabzeichen; oval shaped silvered bronze; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, a barrel hinge, but with its catch broken off; measuring 36. 50 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h); weighing 31. 7 grams; better fine