A Second War German Gold Grade Wound Badge By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Pearkes and his staff left

Pearkes and his staff left for England to join the 1st Canadian Infantry Division

Footnote: The K-Verband was a Kriegsmarine Unit that operated midget submarines and explosive speedboats that operated between April 1944 and April 1945

maintaining much of his father's writings and letters

Albert Curtis Hanson (born May 26

#1768 suffering from laceration wound upper lip

A Second War German Gold Grade Wound Badge By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity Pearkes and his staff leftA second war German Verwundetenabzeichen; oval shaped gilded tombac; the obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel wreaths with a tied bow at the bottom; the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pin, barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; the pin marked 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid; measuring 44. 10 mm x 36. 63 mm; weighing 34. 3 grams; very fine