is a German wound badge dated '20 July 1944.' As a rule, German wound
badges were not dated, however, a run of about a hundred badges were
made with this and a facsimile of Hitler's signature on the obverse.
This run was made for him to award to the soldiers wounded in this
closest to successful attempt on his life. I guess the intent was to
reward those who were loyal and willing to continue to stand, quite
literally, close to Hitler. I like to think of it as a commemorative
to the 'so close' attempt on his life.
This nearly successful assassination of the evil one was refreshed to
the general population in the recent film 'Valkyrie' starring Tom
Cruise. Although the attempt failed, it was such a large scale
endeavor it could not be covered up. This should have been a wakeup
call for all of German to rise up and stop the madness, but it was
not. Furthermore the paranoid witch hunt that followed probably
eliminated any other organized plans in their infancy."
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