(Verwundeten-Abzeichen)

Date Instituted

1 September 1939

Requirements

Black
* Wounded 1 or 2 times in fighting or air-raid, or
* Wounded by frostbite in the line of duty


Silver
* Wounded 3 or 4 times in fighting or air-raid, or
* Serious injury in the line of duty


Gold
* Wounded 5 times or more in fighting or air-raid, or
* Extremely serious injury in the line of duty
* Death in the line of duty

Number Awarded

~ 5.000.000

Award Documents

Black - Oberst Lothar Pfetten


Gold - Feldwebel Alfred Turlach

A scan from the Wehrpass of Oberleutnant Willi Schultz listing the Wound Badge in Silver

(Courtesy of Kevin Huckfield)

Known makers/markings

3, 4, 13, 16, 26, 30, 32, 65, 81, 92, 100, 107, 123, L/14, L/22, L/53, L/57, L11, L14, L54

Estimated price (2009)

Gold - €130-200
Silver - €45-65
Black - €20-25


Panzer soldier with Wound Badge

(Courtesy of KS)

DRK-Schwester (nurse) Elfriede Wnuk

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

Comments

Photo courtesy of N & T Global Trading

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)