Germany, Heer. A Gold Grade Wound Badge Document Group, Leningrad Combatant

A Gold Grade Wound Badge Document Grouping to Leningrad Combatant of 389 Regiment ; A grouping of four award documents to infantry soldier Willy Hübner.

A Wound Badge in Gold certificate, measuring 137x200mm, extremely fine condition with folding crease. Hübner is ranked Feldwebel (Sergeant) and part of the 1st Convalescent Company of Grenadier Replacement Battalion 389. He has received five wounds, one each on February 22, 1942, March 22, 1942, April 14, 1942, November 4, 1942, and November 7, 1943. The document is dated to Sensburg (modern day Mrągowo, northeast Poland) on January 14, 1944. It is signed in black ink by Major and Battalion Commander Engelhardt.

A Wound Badge in Silver certificate, measuring 139x199mm, very fine condition with creasing, light discolouration, and minor tears. Hübner is ranked Unteroffizier (NCO) and part of the 3rd Company of Infantry Regiment 389. The document is awarded for him being wounded a third time on April 14, 1942. It is dated to July 19, 1942 and signed in blue crayon by a Captain and the deputy battalion leader of the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 389, the name is indecipherable.

An Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate, measuring 140x199mm, extremely fine condition with folding crease and light discolouration. Hübner is ranked Gefreiter (Lance Corporal). The document is dated to August 9, 1941 and signed in black ink by Lieutenant General and Commander of the 217th Infantry Division, Richard Baltzer, a recipient of the German Cross in Gold.

An Infantry Assault Badge certificate, measuring 202x144mm, very fine condition with folding creases, light discolouration, and minor tears. Hübner is ranked Gefreiter (Lance Corporal). The document is dated to August 30, 1941, and signed in pencil by a Colonel and Commander of the Infantry Regiment 389, the name is indecipherable.

Footnote: Hübner received his first two wounds while fighting near the Oranienbaum pocket. In April of 1942, his division was redeployed to the front at Leningrad, where he must have received the next two wounds. The final wounding must have occurred during retreating battles somewhere in the Ukraine.