Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Birks was the leading silver

Birks was the leading silver manufacturer in Canada in the 20th century

stamped in black ink with the SS runes surrounded by the letters “R Z M

In pressed paper

(Armenien Landeschilde)

in case of issue (case also marked Deschler)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Birks was the leading silver(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz mit Etui). Constructed of blackened bronze, 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 an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x