Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity silk interior lid marked ARTHUS

silk interior lid marked ARTHUS BERTRAND PARIS

French Medal of Liberated France - Bronze

Schmid served with Abschnittsgruppe II Festungs-Pionier-Stab 7 (Section Group 2 Fortress Pionier Staff 7)

Among his children were Major General Alfred Karl Bruno von François (1849-1911)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Black Grade Wound Badge, First Pattern certificate_of_authenticity silk interior lid marked ARTHUS(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz 1. Modell). Constructed of blackened brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath with scalloped edges, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 38. 75 mm (w) x 44. 04 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams,