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WW2 German Nazi WWII GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL award Wehrmacht - Waffen SS

WW2 German Nazi WWII GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL award Wehrmacht - Waffen SS

WW2 German Nazi WWII GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL award Wehrmacht - Waffen SS

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WW2 German Nazi WWII GERMAN WAR MERIT MEDAL award Wehrmacht - Waffen SS

Instituted on August 19, 1940, the War Merit Medal was issued only to civilians. Made of bronze, it was awarded for contributions to the war effort, usually to those in the munitions industry. Although it is dated 1939, it was not instituted until the following year.

WW2 German Nazi early 1930s NSDAP Woman's Labor Battle Badge for Gau Bayern Ostmark pin badge

WW2 German NSDAP Woman Labor Battle Badge Gau Bayern Ostmark pin badge

WW2 German Nazi early 1930s NSDAP Woman's Labor Battle Badge for Gau Bayern Ostmark pin badge

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WW2 German Nazi early 1930s NSDAP Woman's Labor Battle Badge for Gau Bayern Ostmark pin badge

Odznak labor battle Gau Bavaria. Ostmark badge pin

This is the womans version - the men's version had a pick and shovel over the swastika. Bronze plated stamped tombac, 35 x 35 x 48 mm, brass pin, light to moderate wear.

Antipartisan Bandit-warfare Badge Award mounted on a parade rope Bandenkampfabzeichen

Antipartisan Bandit-warfare Badge Award Bandenkampfabzeichen

Antipartisan Bandit-warfare Badge Award mounted on a parade rope Bandenkampfabzeichen

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Antipartisan Bandit-warfare Badge Award mounted on a parade rope Bandenkampfabzeichen

Bandit-warfare Badge (Bandenkampfabzeichen) was a World War II decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to members of the army, Luftwaffe, Order Police, and Waffen-SS for participating in Nazi security warfare (Bandenbekämpfung). The badge was instituted on 30 January 1944 by Adolf Hitler after authorization/recommendation by Heinrich Himmler

All versions of the badge feature a skull and crossed bones at the base, with a laurel wreath of oak leaves around the sides and a sword in the center. The sword's handle has the "sun-wheel" swastika, with the blade plunged into a Hydra whose five heads represent the "partisans". The second version of the badge had larger oak leaves in the wreath and a larger "sun-wheel" swastika. Historian Philip W. Blood notes the similarities between the symbol of the occultist Thule Society, with a sword and a swastika, and the design of the badge. He suggests that Himmler and Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski "had sealed Germanic mythology into a medal for Lebensraum".

The badge existed in three grades:

Bronze, for 20 combat days against "bandits"
Silver, for 50 combat days against "bandits"
Gold, for 150 combat days against "bandits"
Criteria were slightly different for the Luftwaffe, being based on 30, 75, and 150 operational flights/sorties flown in support of "bandit-fighting" operations.

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