1944 Award Document for the Anti Partisan Badge in Silver to a Reserve Gendarmerie Oberwachtmeister Signed by Hans-Adolf Prützmann, Higher SS and Police Leader for the Ukraine

Approximately 5 inches by 7-1/2 inches. The document was mounted onto a piece of card stock and shows spots and age toning. The document reflects the award of the Anti Partisan Badge to an Reserve Gendarmerie NCO, reflecting the role of members of the police reserve in such operations. The document was signed by SS Obergruppenfuhrer and General of the Police Hans-Adolf Prützmann, the Higher SS and Police Leader for the Ukraine. From Wikipedia:

“Hans-Adolf Prützmann (31 August 1901 – 16 May 1945) was among the highest-ranking German SS officials during the Nazi era. From June 1941 to September 1944, he served as a Higher SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union, and from November 1943 was the Supreme SS and Police Leader in Ukraine. He oversaw the activities of the Einsatzgruppen detachments that perpetrated the Holocaust in the Baltic States and Ukraine. After being captured at the end of the Second World War, he committed suicide”.