WWII Wound Badge Document, Photos & Battlefield Shrapnel Group – Grenadier-Regiment 74
Original WWII German Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) award document grouping belonging to Gefreiter Gerhard Harm of 6./Grenadier-Regiment 74, accompanied by two original wartime photographs and a battlefield-recovered piece of shrapnel reportedly associated with the recipient’s combat wound.
The award document (Besitzzeugnis) states that Gefreiter Harm suffered a wound on 5 July 1943 and was awarded the Wound Badge in Black on 15 July 1943. The award was issued through Reserve-Lazarett VI Wien (Vienna) during his recovery and bears the original hospital stamp and signature.
Included in the group are:
- The original Wound Badge award document.
- An original portrait photograph of Gefreiter Harm in Wehrmacht uniform, clearly wearing his Wound Badge.
- A second wartime snapshot showing the soldier in a tropical setting during military service.
- A small piece of wartime shrapnel that accompanied the grouping and is believed to be connected to the wound for which the award was granted.
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Historical Description
The Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz was awarded to German servicemen wounded once or twice as a result of enemy action. Award documents issued through military hospitals are particularly desirable as they directly connect the recipient’s battlefield injury with his treatment and recovery.
Groupings that retain original photographs of the recipient are increasingly difficult to find, and the presence of an accompanying shrapnel fragment provides an additional tangible link to the combat wound commemorated by the award document.
Note: The shrapnel fragment is included as found with the grouping. While it is believed to be associated with the recipient’s wartime injury, this provenance cannot be independently verified.
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