Breastplate "For the fight against partisans"

The sign depicts the victorious German sword stuck in the ground as a sign of the end of wars. At the bottom of the sign is a skull - the emblem of the SS . Hydra wraps around the blade of the sword - a mythological five-headed snake symbolizing numerous partisan gangs (in ancient Greek mythology, instead of a severed head, a new one grows in Hydra). The whole composition was framed by a wreath of oak leaves . The imperial eagle on the sign is missing. The swastika on the sign in its round version is the so-called zonnenrad. Sonnenrad ( German: Sonnenrad ), “sun wheel” or “solar swastika”.

For the manufacture of signs, zinc was used, the technologies of die forging and injection molding were used, followed by the application of bronze, silver and gold coatings. Known options with solid and hollow stamped oak leaves. The pin, depending on the manufacturer, could be flat stamped or standard, with a round cross section. The size of the award is 57 × 49 mm.

1. 3rd degree (in bronze) - for 20 days of battles for the Ground Forces or for 30 sorties for the Luftwaffe .
2. 2nd degree (in silver) - for 50 days of battles for the Ground Forces, or for 75 sorties for the Luftwaffe.
3. 1st degree (in gold) - for 100 days of battles for the Ground Forces, or for 150 sorties for the Luftwaffe.

Awarding the sign was carried out at the level of senior police officers and SS troops, as well as senior officers of the Wehrmacht. The badge was worn on the left breast pocket of a tunic, below the Iron Cross of the 1st class . The mounting method is a pin.

• Military awards of Germany 1933-1945. The determinant directory. - M .: IGP Profis, 2002.
• Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann. Auszeichnungen des Deutschen Reiches 1936-1945. - Stuttgart: Motorbuch- Verlag, 2004.