Boxed Silver Anti Partisan Badge – Juncker

Product Description: This boxed Silver Anti Partisan Badge is an outstanding example of an extremely scarce award that is missing from most collections. These desirable badges are virtually never seen in this condition. The badge itself is top quality, having been made early in the production run. It’s made of zinc, as all of these were, and retains an unbelievable 90 percent of the original silver plating. The obverse bears all of the original detail, with nice luster and an almost frosted look in areas. The reverse retains all of the plating, with gorgeous rainbow toning. This badge is textbook in every regard, with a barrel hinge, functional round wire pin, and a flat wire “C”-shaped catch that is correctly mounted on a round base disk. There is no maker mark, but this variant is known to have been made by the firm of C. E. Juncker in Berlin. This badge is complete with its original LDO style box of issue, exactly as it was when it was brought back to California by a US veteran after WWII. The case is nearly perfect, with only extremely minor handling wear. The green leatherette covering retains nearly all of the original surface. Inside, the badge rests on a wine red flocked insert. The paper hinge to the box is still intact. This boxed silver Anti Partisan Badge is in excellent plus condition. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a badge of this quality.

Historical Description: The Anti-Partisan Badge was instituted by a decree of “The Führer, Adolf Hitler” on January 29, 1944. Hitler stated that was creating the badge to recognize the combat actions of the German troops who were facing an ever-more organized and constantly more dangerous partisan war. The Anti-Partisan Badge was to recognize military accomplishments and personal bravery. The badge featured a sword slaying a Hydra that represented the partisans. There were three grades of this award: Bronze, for 20 combat days; Silver, for 50 combat days; and Gold for 100 combat days against partisans. To qualify as a combat day, a soldier had to be engaged in close combat with the enemy; for soldiers deployed as Infantry, “man against” man combat was specified. The criteria for Luftwaffe members was also based on combat days. Flight crews could earn combat days for carrying out successful missions during which they took fire from partisan enemy. The downing of a partisan aircraft was tallied as 3 combat days. SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler reserved the right to personally award the gold grade of this award. The Anti-Partisan badge was awarded to members of the German Army, Luftwaffe, Ordnungspolizei and Waffen-SS.

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