the reverse inscribed “Verdienst um das Vaterland” (German - Merit for the Fatherland) within a laurel wreath
He was under the care of the Military Hospitals Commission Canada in Toronto
the case’s magnetic metal snap button has partially broken off
adjusted with a functional magnetic metal buckle and two functional magnetic metal snap buttons
Germany, Imperial. A Wound Badge, Gold Grade, Cut Out Version United Republic of the reverse inscribed “Verdienst um(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with an illegible handwritten inscription, measuring 39. 76 mm (w) x 44. 35 mm (h), weighing 7. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.