Verwundeten abzeichen
(1939) im silber
Originally instituted in
WW1 this 01/09/1939 version of the award still had much the
same
requirements for it's 3 grades: black (1 & 2nd wound), silver
(3 & 4) or gold (5 & more).
With heavily wounded people grades could be skipped. Due to the
increasing number of Allied bombings, after March 1943, it
was also awarded to injured civilians.
Although one of the most common
it's a most highly prized award since it had to be "bought with blood".
Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/
This "early" silver Wound Badge is in
buntmetall, after 1942 zinc was used.
Marked "30", indicating the Hauptmünzamt
in Vienna (Aut).
["LDO Präsidialkanzlei suppliers
numbers "][Hide]
The LDO,
(Leistungs Gemeinschaft der Deutscher Ordenshersteller), was a
self-governing organization formed in 1941 which regulated the
manufacturing of all German awards.
All members of this organization were issued a number, an “LDO number”
or Prasidialkanzlei (Arabic) number, which was supposed to be stamped
on all awards produced by these firms. In reality this particular
regulation was not tightly enforced, and a great number of awards were
produced with no mark all.
Source:
www.wehrmacht-awards.com
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A young Obergefreiter with the verwundetenabzeichen, either a very worn black or higher grade, on his M43
tunic.
He was also awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class, Infanterie Sturmabzeichen and Ostfront
medal (the cord in the right pocket holds a whistle).