WWII Wound Badge in Black Award Document – Grenadier-Regiment 464 (253. Infanterie-Division)
Original WWII German Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) award document issued to Gefreiter Kurt Pfingsten of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 464 of the 253. Infanterie-Division.
The certificate records that the recipient was wounded on: 13 October 1943 and was subsequently awarded the Wound Badge in Black on: 20 November 1943
The document bears an original signature and official medical unit stamp of a military hospital authority, signed by an Oberstabsarzt und stellvertretender Chefarzt (Senior Staff Physician and Deputy Chief Medical Officer).
A classic frontline combat award document issued to an infantryman serving with a German Grenadier Regiment during the height of the Second World War.
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Historical Description
The Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen) was instituted to recognize soldiers wounded or injured as a direct result of enemy action. The Black Grade was awarded for one or two combat wounds and became one of the most common yet meaningful decorations bestowed upon German servicemen.
The award represented tangible evidence that the recipient had suffered injury while serving on the front lines. Many recipients were infantrymen who faced the heaviest combat conditions and highest casualty rates of the war.
Grenadier-Regiment 464 served on the Eastern Front, where German infantry formations endured continuous combat operations, severe weather conditions, and heavy losses. Documents recording specific wound dates provide a direct connection to the combat experiences of individual soldiers.
