Wound Medal

A Wound Medal is a medal, usually military, generally given to persons wounded or otherwise invalided as a result of combat action. "Wound Medal" may refer to:

In addition, other countries have or have had military decorations for wounded servicemembers under other names, such as the United States Purple Heart, the German Wound Badge of World War I and World War II, the Japanese Wound Badges (Shoigunjinsho) and the Jordanian Badge for the War Wounded.

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