Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Eugen Schmidthäussler Auction 1881 at Charlottetown

1881 at Charlottetown

Each pant leg features a 10 cm slit and an internal drawstring at the bottom to ensure a snug fit around the wearer's legs

The enormous quantities of water poured aboard her to fight the fires further reduced freeboard

it contains many written pages

Defence Medal 1939 - In bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wound Badge, Silver Grade, By Eugen Schmidthäussler Auction 1881 at Charlottetown(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse with a central Stahlhelm (Steel Helmet) bearing a mobile swastika on a pebbled field, on top of crossed swords, within an oval laurel wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with code 28 for Eugen Schmidthussler, Pforzheim, measuring 36. 64 mm (w) x 46. 04, weighing 25. 7 grams, loss of silver finish evident,