Wound Medal
# Wound Medal

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

* Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary)
* Wound Medal (Independent State of Croatia) (1941-1945)
* Wound Medal (India)
* Wound Medal (Vietnam), South Vietnam
* Desha Putra Sammanaya, Sri Lanka

## Similar awards with other names

* Medal for the War Wounded, France
* Wound Badge, Germany, World War I and World War II
* Wound stripe#British Commonwealth, World War I and World War II
* Purple Heart, USA
* Wound stripe#Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, World War I and World War II
