Wound Badge

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German military award class of Wound Badge denazified German military decoration military decoration

The Wound Badge was a German military decoration awarded during both World Wars to soldiers who were wounded in combat.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Wound Badge in Silver	6
Wound Badge in Black	5
Wound Badge canonical	3
Verwundetenabzeichen	1
Wound Badge (1918) in Black	1
Wound Badge 1957 version	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2777282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wound Badge
Context triple: [Erich Dietl, receivedAward, Wound Badge]

A. Wound Badge in Gold
The Wound Badge in Gold was a high-level German military decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to soldiers who had been severely or repeatedly wounded in combat.
B. Iron Cross 2nd Class
The Iron Cross 2nd Class was a German military decoration awarded for acts of bravery or leadership in battle, particularly associated with both World Wars.
C. Cross of Honour
The Cross of Honour is a distinguished Austrian state decoration awarded in recognition of exceptional achievements in science and the arts.
D. Iron Cross
The Iron Cross is a historic German military decoration, originating in Prussia and later used by the German Empire and Nazi Germany, awarded for bravery in battle and distinguished military service.
E. Cross of Valour
The Cross of Valour is Canada's highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wound Badge
Target entity description: The Wound Badge was a German military decoration awarded during both World Wars to soldiers who were wounded in combat.

A. Wound Badge in Gold
The Wound Badge in Gold was a high-level German military decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to soldiers who had been severely or repeatedly wounded in combat.
B. Iron Cross 2nd Class
The Iron Cross 2nd Class was a German military decoration awarded for acts of bravery or leadership in battle, particularly associated with both World Wars.
C. Cross of Honour
The Cross of Honour is a distinguished Austrian state decoration awarded in recognition of exceptional achievements in science and the arts.
D. Iron Cross
The Iron Cross is a historic German military decoration, originating in Prussia and later used by the German Empire and Nazi Germany, awarded for bravery in battle and distinguished military service.
E. Cross of Valour
The Cross of Valour is Canada's highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military award ⓘ class of Wound Badge ⓘ class of Wound Badge ⓘ class of Wound Badge ⓘ denazified German military decoration ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	five or more wounds ⓘ injury due to hostile action ⓘ one or two wounds ⓘ severe wounds ⓘ three or four wounds ⓘ wounds received in combat ⓘ
awardingAuthority	German Air Force ⓘ German Army ⓘ German Navy ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction	1918 ⓘ
eligibility	certain civilians under military command ⓘ military personnel ⓘ paramilitary personnel ⓘ
GermanName	Wound Badge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Verwundetenabzeichen
hasVariant	Wound Badge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wound Badge in Black Wound Badge in Gold ⓘ Wound Badge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wound Badge in Silver
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
introducedBy	Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ surface form: German Emperor Wilhelm II
languageOfName	German ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1945	denazified version permitted in Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
material	blackened brass ⓘ gilded metal ⓘ silvered metal ⓘ
motif	German Stahlhelm helmet ⓘ crossed swords ⓘ laurel wreath ⓘ
reintroducedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
reintroductionDate	1939 ⓘ
relatedTo	German military awards system ⓘ Iron Cross ⓘ
replacedBy	Wound Badge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wound Badge 1957 version
shape	oval ⓘ
status	obsolete decoration ⓘ
usedBy	Imperial German Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
wornOn	left breast pocket ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erich Dietl → receivedAward → Wound Badge ⓘ

Walther Nehring → receivedAward → Wound Badge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wound Badge in Black

Wilhelm Batz → wasAwarded → Wound Badge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wound Badge in Black

Michael Wittmann → awardReceived → Wound Badge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wound Badge in Black

Wound Badge in Gold → partOf → Wound Badge ⓘ

Wound Badge in Gold → precededBy → Wound Badge ⓘ