Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac s Youth Organization membership badge

s Youth Organization membership badge

Type II (Pingat Bakti Setia)

Gold Grade (die-stamped bronze gilt with black enamels

Footnote: Philiipe Adelard Gauthier was born in 1886 in Montreal and was working as a mecanic prior to enlisting in the CEF in August 1915

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac s Youth Organization membership badge(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 79 mm (w) x 43. 86 mm