Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive and Commemorative Medal for 1

and Commemorative Medal for 1 October 1938 (bronze gilt

marked “50” for “Karl Schiermeister of Vienna” on the pin

By permitting myself to express my dutiful gratitude to Euer Hochwohlgeboren for the hitherto proven goodwill

Headstone an his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive and Commemorative Medal for 1(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, with a central 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, marked with code L 53 for maker Hymmen & Co., Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 58 mm (w) x 44. 07 mm (h), weighing 25. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.