Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity The blade's ricasso is maker

The blade's ricasso is maker marked Carl Eickhorn Solingen

the obverse of each bearing machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss set within silver-grey knotted borders topped by pitons

1918 and was absorbed into the 2nd Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps on April 12th

as his CEF Attestation Paper birth dates would indicate

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Black Grade Wound Badge, By The Vienna Mint certificate_of_authenticity The blade's ricasso is maker(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz). Constructed of blackened bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, 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 clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 30 for the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 74 mm (w) x 43. 89 mm (h),