"with the desire to create a visible expression of recognition and thanks for meritorious men and women of the German people and from abroad for service in the fields of politics
Royal Canadian Engineers on June 23
with some oxidation evident to the reverse
a second variation example
Royal Engrs)
Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Badges Hold "with the desire to create(Abzeichen). A pair of badges, including a Black Grade Wound Badge, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 37. 40 mm (w) x 45. 08 mm (h), weighing 10. 8 grams, in near mint