maker marked on reverse “L
X - The Canadian Corps
within a ring of blue enamels bearing a gilt inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and arabesques
a paramilitary organisation created by the Vichy regime with the help of Nazi Germany to fight the French resistance
(Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz im Etui)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive maker marked on reverse “L(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