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Silver Anti-partisan Badge

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Silver Anti-partisan Badge

Reference : MNL221BCDE

Reproduction of the anti-partisan badge, Silver class.
Awarded to the Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht-Heer and Luftwaffe.
With clip on back.

High-quality craftsmanship.
Made in the Philippines.
Registered postage included.

The Partisan Fighting Badge (German: bandenkampfabzeichen) is a German military decoration of the Third Reich, awarded under the auspices of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler to soldiers of the Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht who have carried out a multi-day mission to fight partisans.

Partisan or guerrilla fighters were active in almost every country Germany invaded during the Second World War. While many of these movements were initially small and disorganized, in many cases they coalesced into larger, more powerful groups of fighters. In some countries, notably Russia, Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland, Northern Italy and Albania, the partisans became dangerous movements, requiring more German resources to resist them. Himmler insisted on the creation of a new prize to reward those who took part in actions against enemy partisans. The citations were made in his name, while the rest of the awards were made in Adolf Hitler's name.
The badge is worn on the left pocket of the uniform.

In Germany, the badge was named Bandenkampf-Abzeichen, when Himmler decided to use the term Banden rather than partisans, as he didn't want to give credit to guerrilla warfare, Hitler insisting on the term bandits.

Hitler was known to say that the Close Combat Badge was the highest decoration an infantryman could earn, but the Partisan Combat Badge was harder to come by than other similar awards.

A considerable number of members of the Waffen-SS police force were eligible for its award, given the long stints they had to devote to their type of mission (for example, at the end of February 1944, SS-Obersturmbannführer Oskar Dirlewanger applied for the award of this badge for 200 in bronze, 30 in silver and 20 in gold for the 600 soldiers in his anti-guerrilla battalion).

Frequently, members of the Wehrmacht avoided wearing it, reminding them of the atrocities of their mission, while men of the Waffen-SS wore it with pride, claiming it was their badge and finding it symbolic of their contributions to ending rebellion in occupied countries.

Officialized on January 30, 1944, it was awarded retroactively to January 1, 1943. The badge was also awarded posthumously.

Award criteria:
The badge is available in bronze, silver or gold. The criteria for awarding this badge were a little different for the Luftwaffe, based on the number of sorties rather than days in action.

Bronze anti-partisan badge:
- 20 days of combat in an anti-partisan mission are required to qualify, or
- 30 completed anti-partisan flights

Silver anti-partisan badge:
- 50 days of combat in an anti-partisan mission are required to qualify, or
- 100 completed anti-partisan flights

Gold anti-partisan badge:
- 100 days of combat in an anti-partisan mission are required to qualify, or
- 150 completed anti-partisan flights

Gold anti-partisan badge with diamonds:
- The Juncker company produced several Bandenkampfabzeichen in gold with diamonds. This one was never awarded. It is not known whether this was intended as a new badge grade or as a special award.

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