Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Glaser & Söhne United Republic of Mounted as worn German style

Mounted as worn German style

held together by dual magnetic metal rivets

engraved "1554 GEORGE COLE 1st BATTn 17th REGT

the family later moving to Porquois Junction

1st Class with matching ribbon bar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Glaser & Söhne United Republic of Mounted as worn German style(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L22 for Glaser & Shne, Dresden, measuring 36. 34 mm (w) x 43. 82 mm (h), weighing 21. 0