a paramilitary organisation created by the Vichy regime with the help of Nazi Germany to fight the French resistance
glue and green paper residue on the reverse from previous board mounting)
X - The Canadian Corps
maker marked on reverse “L
1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 962 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel H
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, First Pattern Archive a paramilitary organisation created by(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