The remaining Vichy French forces had managed to slip out of the Australian encirclement and had withdrawn from Damour
who had been in charge of Administration
He later stated his address as 415 Dover Court Road in Toronto
numbered "9246" on the reverse of the wreath
in which capacity he returned to the Philippines where
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased Black Grade Wound Badge Auction Archive The remaining Vichy French forcesA 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