A Second War German Silver Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg Hold he was promoted to Major

he was promoted to Major (Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General) on January 1

Elie Desbiens enlisted with the Canadian Army on September 27th 1943 at Levis having been working as a shipbuilder

Spike undamaged

Footnote: The 239th Canadian Infantry Battalion was converted and redesignated the 3rd Canadian Battalion Railway Troops in February 1917

as an injured prisoner of war spending the next seven weeks in hospitals in Germany and in Belgium

A Second War German Silver Grade Wound Badge By Carl Wild Of Hamburg Hold he was promoted to MajorA second war German silver grade Verwundetenabzeichen; in silvered zink; vertical needle style pinback with a sheet metal hinge and a rounded wire catch; maker marked 107 for Carl Wild, Hamburg; measuring 44. 18 mm x 36. 72 mm; weighing 28. 1 grams; better than very fine condition.