A beautiful original WWII German Black Wound Badge, complete with award document. This Black Wound Badge was awarded to Ernst Bolz, a Grenadier in 1 Fus. Bat. 126, on March 2nd, 1944. Wound badge is in excellent condition and will be difficult to upgrade from. It does not have a maker mark. 
 
The Wound Badge (German: Verwundetenabzeichen) was a German military decoration first promulgated by Wilhelm II, German Emperor on 3 March 1918, which was first awarded to soldiers of the German Army who were wounded during World War I. Between the world wars, it was awarded to members of the German armed forces who fought on the Nationalist side of the Spanish Civil War, 1938–39, and received combat related wounds. It was awarded to members in the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht, SS and the auxiliary service organizations during World War II. After March 1943, due to the increasing number of Allied bombings, it was also awarded to civilians wounded in air raids.