Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Province of China the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel

the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron ceased to exist as a separate entity and became a squadron of the newly-created I Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment

engraver marked "J" and "VV" on the reverse

It has a dangling elasticized black strap sewn in place to the rear seams of the tunic

3 mm (w) x 21 mm (h)

the face measuring 55 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Gold Grade Wound Badge, by the Vienna Mint Province of China the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel(Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold). Constructed of gilded 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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Vienna Mint, measuring 36. 66 mm (w) x 44.