Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Black Grade Wound Badge Auction miniature badge in gilt and

miniature badge in gilt and enamels

mounted on top of bright white wool waffenfarbe bases

Footnote: The 4th Infantry Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Black Grade Wound Badge Auction miniature badge in gilt andA Wound Badge, Black Grade, By Eugene Schmidthaussler; (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened zinc, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika, superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, maker marked E. S. P. for Eugene Schmidthaussler, Pforzheim, on reverse, measuring 35 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), in