WWII Wound Badge in Black Award Document – Volks-Artillerie-Korps 405 (Ardennen, 1944)

Original WWII German Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (Wound Badge in Black) award document (Besitzzeugnis) awarded to Gefreiter Kurt M. B. of III./Volks-Artillerie-Korps 405, 8. Batterie.

According to the document, the recipient suffered a combat wound on 8 December 1944 and was subsequently awarded the Wound Badge in Black. The award was issued in the field on 24 December 1944, only months before the end of the war in Europe, making it a late-war combat award document.

The certificate bears the original period signature of the issuing officer, identified as Hauptmann und Abteilungsführer of III./Volks-Artillerie-Korps 405.

The document remains in original condition with expected age-related wear, fold marks, light staining and handling traces consistent with wartime use. An attractive and historically significant late-war award document from a Volks-Artillerie formation.

Das Korps wurde zur Vorbereitung der Ardennen-Offensive in den Westen verlegt. Am 22. Oktober 1944 wurde das Korps in Volks-Artillerie-Korps (tbew. mot) 405 umbenannt und dem Reichsführer SS als “Volks-Verband” unterstellt. Während der Ardennen-Offensive unterstand es der 6. Panzerarmee und bestand aus:

18 x 7,5-cm Feldkanonen 40
18 x 10,5-cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18/40
12 x 10-cm Kanone 18
12 x 12,2-cm schwere feldhaubitze 396 (r)
12 x 15,2-cm Feldhaubitze 433 (r)