Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive inscribed "Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP" marked

inscribed "Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP" marked "A" and numbered "No 034548" in black ink

1917 at the Toronto Mobilization Centre

on a loop suspension device

Footnote: Grenadier Regiment 749 was established in October of 1942 and reclassified to Jäger Regiment 749 in April of 1943 in Croatia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, By Fritz Zimmermann Archive inscribed "Reichszeugmeisterei der NSDAP" marked(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded zink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L24 for Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart, measuring 37. 00 mm (w) x 44. 24 mm (h),