Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of Ontario

and would only be released in 1948

pages printed in black ink

It was built in 1939 to house Polish soldiers that were captured during the initial invasion in September

this dagger features a 270 mm-long magnetic metal blade with semi-sharpened edges and a sharpened tip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Silver Grade Wound Badge, with Case, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive Footnote: The Battalion was raised(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber mit Etui). Constructed of silvered 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 14 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 36. 44 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm