Erwin rommel's wound badge

[JTF2kleoboy]

What wound badge did erwin rommel actually wear before his death? Bronze silver or gold. most pictures show him with his silver wound badge but he was awarded the gold wound badge one month before his death. did he actually wear his gold wound badge at all? was his silver badge a ww2 badge or ww1 badge?

[bodes]

What wound badge did erwin rommel actually wear before his death? Bronze silver or gold. most pictures show him with his silver wound badge but he was awarded the gold wound badge one month before his death. did he actually wear his gold wound badge at all? was his silver badge a ww2 badge or ww1 badge?

Was Rommel wounded seriously enough to be awarded the gold wound badge?....I thought the recipient needed to lose a limb, eye, or the like?.....Bodes

[JTF2kleoboy]

Was Rommel wounded seriously enough to be awarded the gold wound badge?....I thought the recipient needed to lose a limb, eye, or the like?.....Bodes

He hurt his eye

[bodes]

He hurt his eye

I remember him having an injury to his eye.......Just wasn't aware it was a permanent affliction, as again I believe this was a prerequisite in receiving the gold wound badge.....Bodes

[JTF2kleoboy]

I remember him having an injury to his eye.......Just wasn't aware it was a permanent affliction, as again I believe this was a prerequisite in receiving the gold wound badge.....Bodes

i got it from here
https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=4

7 Aug 1944 Erwin Rommel received the Wound Badge in Gold.

[VtwinVince]

Ah, it was a little bit more serious than 'hurting his eye'.

[Yubari]

Was Rommel wounded seriously enough to be awarded the gold wound badge?....I thought the recipient needed to lose a limb, eye, or the like?.....Bodes

Or be injured ...7 times I think

[JTF2kleoboy]

Ah, it was a little bit more serious than 'hurting his eye'.

yeah i know im just too lazy too explain everything lol

[JTF2kleoboy]

im trying to make the last uniform Erwin rommel wore. but im not sure if i should have the silver badge or gold badge?

[bodes]

Or be injured ...7 times I think

Guess I should have said one of the prerequisites than.....I know Stauffenberg lost an eye, a hand, and like two fingers to be awarded his gold badge.....Bodes

[HPL2008]

Gold was for being wounded five or more times, for meeting two requirements for the silver grade, for blindness and for severe brain injuries causing permanent disability and dependance on care.

Silver was for being wounded three or four times, brain injuries, disfiguring facial injuries, loss of a limb, loss of an eye and deafness or near-deafness. Thus, loss of an eye and a hand qualified Stauffenberg for the gold grade.

In the case of Rommel, the gold grade was for being wounded five times or more, as he had suffered previous injuries in both world wars and had already been awarded the Silver grade for WWI.
(All wounds for which a previous Wound Badge had been awarded - WW I or Spanish Civil War - were counted for the total number.)

[bodes]

Gold was for being wounded five or more times, for meeting two requirements for the silver grade, for blindness and for severe brain injuries causing permanent disability and dependance on care.

Silver was for being wounded three or four times, brain injuries, disfiguring facial injuries, loss of a limb, loss of an eye and deafness or near-deafness. Thus, loss of an eye and a hand qualified Stauffenberg for the gold grade.

In the case of Rommel, the gold grade was for being wounded five times or more, as he had suffered previous injuries in both world wars and had already been awarded the Silver grade for WWI.
(All wounds for which a previous Wound Badge had been awarded - WW I or Spanish Civil War - were counted for the total number.)

I understand, than it was for an accumulation of wounds and not for blindness in the one eye?.....Seems he (Rommel) could have also qualified than for the two silver grade requirements (ala Stauffenberg) had he indeed been left w/disfurging facial injury and blindness....I don't recall it ever being said though that Rommel lost an eye when his staff car was strafed....Bodes

[HPL2008]

Yes, it was about the total number of times he was wounded.

His injuries suffered in the strafing run incident were serious, but he didn't lose that eye or was permanently disabled.

Here's an article detailing his injuries:

https://thejns.org/focus/view/journa...l?rskey=dquo5P

[JTF2kleoboy]

Gold was for being wounded five or more times, for meeting two requirements for the silver grade, for blindness and for severe brain injuries causing permanent disability and dependance on care.

Silver was for being wounded three or four times, brain injuries, disfiguring facial injuries, loss of a limb, loss of an eye and deafness or near-deafness. Thus, loss of an eye and a hand qualified Stauffenberg for the gold grade.

In the case of Rommel, the gold grade was for being wounded five times or more, as he had suffered previous injuries in both world wars and had already been awarded the Silver grade for WWI.
(All wounds for which a previous Wound Badge had been awarded - WW I or Spanish Civil War - were counted for the total number.)

does anyone know if he ever wore the gold wound badge?

[HPL2008]

This article mentions an interesting nugget of information...:

https://m.augsburger-allgemeine.de/p...id4766111.html

The Army originally recognized the incident only as a Dienstunfall (i.e. an accident suffered on duty), as Rommel's injuries were not directly inflicted by the aircraft's fire, but the result of his car turning over.
Rommel protested this administrative decision and insisted that it be recognized as a Verwundung [i.e. war wounds], to which the authorities eventually agreed, which directly led to his getting the Gold Wound Badge, as this made it the fifth time he was wounded.

(You see, a very fine distinction was made here: Injuries suffered in the war, even during actual combat, that were the result of accidents not directly caused by the effects of enemy weapons were not recognized for an award of the Wound Badge, the sole exception being wartime duty accidents causing blindness. So, no joy if you, say, broke an ankle by stepping in a rabbithole during an infantry assault or got injured when your APC rolled over due to the driver misjudging the terrain under the stress of combat. Different story if it rolled over because of a shell detonation.)