credited with having served in Canada and the Extreme Orient
During this period the enemy launched a determined counter-attack
insignia has been reattached by adhesive
for the "duration of the war"
including a Bavarian Long Service Medal
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint And Unissued Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint Hold credited with having served in(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 65 mm (w) x 44. 15 mm (h), weighing 7. 0