Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive marked GES

marked GES

Livings was in Western Canada and being treated at Colonel Belcher Hospital in Calgary

Wien VI” on reverse

Emma Tessier (nee Morin)

Type III (silvered bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Second War Wound Badge, Black Grade Auction Archive marked GES(Verwundetebabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge and flat wire catch, maker marked L 16 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, on reverse, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 44. 55 mm (h) weighing 13.