within a ring of blue enamels bearing a gilt inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and arabesques
X - The Canadian Corps
The state remained in existence until 1989
a paramilitary organisation created by the Vichy regime with the help of Nazi Germany to fight the French resistance
the reverse exterior with a maker’s mark of “CARL POELLATH
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive within a ring of blue(Verwundetenabzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, around a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 43 mm (h), weighing 7. 2 grams, the grade of the badge is