Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude Footnote: Gordon Benjamin Sutherland served

Footnote: Gordon Benjamin Sutherland served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (V-16740) during the Second World War

He was invalided to England and admitted to Tooting Military Hospital

"Make them think they're surrounded by a blooming regiment" he ordered

Visible behind the devil’s head is what appears to be the fires of hell

with a central German soldier

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, with Case GTRexclude Footnote: Gordon Benjamin Sutherland served(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, 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, measuring 36. 14 mm (w) x 43. 44 mm (h), weighing 6. 7 grams, accompanied by