Blackbird Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hello,I`m new to the forum. Can anyone tell me which areas of operations this award was given for? Was there special units that fought the partisans or was it a general issue award. Putting it into todays circumstances, would it say be awarded to troops involved in counter insurgent operations like Iraq & Afganistan?BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/war_badges...tisan_badge.htmIs well worth a look.Heinrich Himmler reserved the right to award himself the gold badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 It is worth bearing this in mind.Shortly after the invasion of Russia, Himmler classified all Jews there as 'bandits'.Any action against Jewish/Russian civilians...............armed or otherwise..........was regarded as an anti-bandit operation.So while many German troops undoubtedly fought hard against real partisans to win this badge, many others qualified for it by killing unarmed civilians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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