Verwundetenmedaille
The Wound Medal (Verwundetenmedallie) was established on August 12,
1917 by Emperor Karl and was the last medal to be officially founded in the Austro-Hungarian
Empire. The Wound Medal was awarded to service-members of the Austro-Hungarian
armed forces and to persons attached to the armed forces who were wounded as a
result of combat operations. Persons who were disabled or suffered serious
damage to their health in connection with military actions were also eligible
for the Wound Medal.
The zinc medal measures 38-mm in diameter and
the front features a bust of Emperor Karl with his name in Latin
"CAROLUS" above and a wreath of laurels below. The reverse features the words LAESO MILITI ( to the wounded
soldier ) and the date in Roman numerals "MCMXVIII" (1918).
The name of the designer , R.(Richard) PLACHT,
(1880 - 1962), can be seen just below the bust of the emperor on the obverse of
Wound Medal.
The medal is suspended from a Austrian-style
trifold ribbon, 39-mm in width. The ribbon is gray-green with 4-mm wide red
edge stripes. The number of wounds is indicated by narrower 2-mm wide red
stripes, edged in black, centred on the ribbon. No stripes indicated an award
for someone invalided out of service. One stripe indicated a single wound, two
stripes two wounds, etc..
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