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Wound Badge
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Classes
The badge had three classes:- Black (3rd class, representing Iron), for those wounded once or twice by hostile action (including air raids).{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=259}}
- Silver (2nd class) for being wounded three or four times.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=259}}
- Gold (1st class, which could be awarded posthumously) for five or more times wounded.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=259}}
Wound Badge of 20 July 1944
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upright=1.5|The 20 July version of the Badge shown in black, silver and gold
The 20 July 1944 Wound Badge was only issued to those injured during the failed attempt on Adolf Hitler's life at the Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia. Twenty-four men were present when the bomb detonated; one officer was killed and three succumbed to their wounds a short time later. Thereafter, Hitler ordered a special wound badge be awarded commemorating the event, as he believed "fate had intervened" for him.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=264â267}}The 20 July Wound Badge is based on the common Wound Badge, but the helmet is slightly higher and larger; it also bears the date "20 Juli 1944" and a facsimile of Hitler's signature below the helmet and date.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=267}} The 20 July Wound Badges were also awarded at three grades; black, silver, and gold. Recipients who held regulation Wound Badges were awarded the 20 July Wound Badge in a higher grade.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=267â268}}All of these wound badges were made out of solid hallmarked silver by the C. E. Juncker firm.Unlike the Wound Badge in Black, the 20 July Wound Badge in Black was not all black. Only the helmet and wreath were black; the background was in silver so that the date and facsimile signature could be seen. The 20 July Wound Badge in silver has black highlights on the helmet swastika, the date, and the facsimile signature. The 20 July Wound Badge in gold had a silver background with the helmet and wreath colored gold. Unlike the standard Wound Badges, these were of two-piece construction.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=268, 269}}Hitler presented the survivors with the special wound badge as well as a unique award document. The first were awarded in a ceremony on 20 August 1944.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=266, 267, 269, 270}} The four posthumous awards were sent to the recipients' wives.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|p=268}} Although Hitler had been injured in the bombing, he did not give one of these badges to himself. Hitler had earned his own Wound Badge (in black) in World War I on 18 May 1918.{{sfn|Steiner|1976|p=392}}The badge replaced the basic 1939 Wound Badge on those persons who were presented the 20 July Badge. It is important to note that this badge was more a personal gift from Hitler to those involved, and was intended to be a one-off souvenir of the event.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=264, 268, 269}} Recipients of the 20 July wound badge could have their 20 July wound badges upgraded if they earned higher grades of the Wound Badge. Konteradmiral Hans-Erich Voss eventually had the 20 July Wound Badge in all three grades, earning it in black on 20 July 1944, and having it upgraded twice for subsequent wounds.{{sfn|Angolia|1987|pp=268, 269}}- Wound Badge 1944.jpg -
upright=1.5|The 20 July version of the Badge shown in black, silver and gold
Notes
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References
- BOOK, Angolia, John, For Führer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich, R. James Bender Publishing, 1987, 0912138149,
- BOOK, Steiner, John Michael, Power Politics and Social Change in National Socialist Germany: A Process of Escalation into Mass Destruction, 1976, Mouton, The Hague, 978-90-279-7651-2,
Further reading
- E.W.W. Fowler, Nazi Regalia (1992), Brompton Books Corp. {{ISBN|1-55521-767-2}}
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