A grouping, consisting of 6 award certificates, 2 discharge documents, and 2 photos.
A Wound Badge in Gold certificate (140x200mm, near extremely fine) to Unteroffizier (NCO) Backhausen at the Heeresunteroffizierschule (Army NCO School) Düren (western Germany) for being wounded five times, on July 28, 1941, March 11, 1942, August 17, 1942, and December 17, 1942. The fifth time, presumably, is the date of the award. The document is dated to Düren on August 18, 1944 and signed in blue ink by a Captain, the name is indecipherable.
A Wound Badge in Silver certificate (139x199mm, extremely fine) to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Backhausen of the 6th Company of Infantry Regiment 473 for being wounded three times, on July 28, 1941, March 11, 1942, and August 17, 1942. The document is dated to September 6, 1942 and signed in pencil by a Captain and Battalion Leader, the name is indecipherable.
An Iron Cross 1st Class certificate (140x200mm, extremely fine) to Gefreiter Backhausen (6th Company of Infantry Regiment 473). The document is dated to October 25, 1942 and signed in pencil by Major General and Commander of the 6th Infantry Division, Horst Großmann (1891–1972), a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
An Infantry Assault Badge in Silver certificate (147x208mm, near extremely fine) to NCO Backhausen of the 6th Company of Grenadier Regiment 473. The document is dated to February 4, 1943 and signed in blue crayon by a Colonel and Regiment Commander, the name is most likely Schmidt.
An Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate (140x199mm, extremely fine) to Gefreiter Backhausen (6th Company of Infantry Regiment 473). The document is dated to May 1, 1942, and signed in black ink by Lieutenant General and Commander of the 253rd Infantry Division, Otto Schellert (1889–1975), a recipient of the German Cross in Gold.
A Wound Badge in Black certificate (210x150mm, fine condition) to Schütze (Rifleman) Backhausen (6th Company of Infantry Regiment 473) for being wounded on July 27. The document is dated to Neinstedt am Harz (eastern Germany) on August 14, 1941 and is signed in black ink by an Oberstabsarzt (Senior Staff Doctor) and Head Physician of the local military hospital, the name is indecipherable.
A personal data sheet (249x172mm, very fine condition). It is written in English and was probably filled out upon Backhausen’s capture by Allied forces. It is dated to May 30, 1945 and signed in black ink by Backhausen and by Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) of the Reich Grenadier Division “Hoch- und Deutschmeister”, Werner Reimann.
A certificate of discharge from the Wehrmacht (203x328mm, very fine). It is dated to August 6, 1945 and signed in blue ink by Backhausen, a doctor Sverdlik, and a Second Lieutenant Dukelow.
Two photos (120x82mm, near extremely fine, and 114x85mm, near mint), the first showing several soldiers listening to a speech by their superior in Anapa (southern Russia, on the Black Sea), the second one showing a soldier standing in front of a burning building.