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Germany. Third Reich. Certificate of Award of the Black Wound Badge (Besitzzeugnis zum Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz)
Military award certificate for the Black Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz), belonging to Obergefreiter Hermann Trinkoberg, serving with the 3rd Company, 106th Engineer Battalion (3. Pi. 106; Pionier-Bataillon 106).
The document records the award of the decoration for the soldier’s first wound or injury (1. maligen Verwundung oder Beschädigung), sustained on 2 December 1941.
The certificate, entitled Besitzzeugnis, was issued in Preßburg (present-day Bratislava) on 23 December 1941. The Black Wound Badge was awarded for one or two wounds sustained in wartime service.
Original German certificate awarding the Black Wound Badge, dated 1941.
