Badges of honor for those seriously injured in war
The badge of honor for heavy war-wounded was an award of the Kingdom of Italy for wounded soldiers in the service, which in the wake of the First World War by decree by King Victor Emmanuel III. was donated. The award was made to all those members of the Italian armed forces who suffered wounds or damage in the course of a combat operation, independence or freedom war, campaign or any company officially recognized as a war campaign before the First World War .
The badge resembles the badge of honor for seriously injured persons of the war 1915–1918 , but does not show the year in its center medallion. The badge created in this way with a height of approx. 35 mm and a width of 30 mm has the shape of an irregular shield in the middle of which the inscription: MUTILATO IN GUERRA (Mutilated in War) can be read on a medallion . This medallion is enclosed by two branches, the left of which is a laurel branch and the right an oak branch. Your lower cross point is held together by the coat of arms of Italy with a royal crown. Between its upper halves is a five-pointed star with outgoing rays. The back, on the other hand, is smooth or hollow and has a horizontally soldered needle with a counter hook. This badge was worn like the German wound badge on the left breast pocket of the borrower.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ottfried Neubecker : The Italian order system . In: Uniformen-Markt , ZDB -ID 331317-7 , year 1936, p. 45.