Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Wide Pin Variant with Case, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by wounded soldiers and

surrounded by wounded soldiers and civilians

Footnote: William Richard Dobbin Wilkes was born on August 8

95 mm x 95

The RCAF documents called it "natural causes" or "died of illness" but the cause of death is clearly stated on his Province of New Brunswick Certificate of Registration of Death

and Shoulder Badge (silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, Wide Pin Variant with Case, by the Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by wounded soldiers and(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded tombak, 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 wide flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 56 mm (w) x 43.