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Jagdkommando SS Badge

Jagdkommando SS Badge
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Jagdkommando SS Badge
Reference : MNL200ST
Reproduction of the SS Jagdkommando badge.
Silver-plated 8-point plate with black swastika.
Screw fastening system.
High-quality craftsmanship.
Made in the Philippines.
Registered postage included.

A very rare badge issued to members of the SS Jagdkommando, which during the Second World War was an elite military unit designated to carry out particularly dangerous operations. These were soldiers trained to attack enemy partisans (guerrilla warfare) and to engage in espionage. The SS Jagdkommando also carried out rescue and long-distance missions. The SS Jagdkommando was the equivalent of the British Special Air Service.

Following the experiences of the winter of 1941/1942 on the Eastern Front, the first provisional formations were formed. The first full battalion was formed on the orders of Army Group Center from personnel from the Orel and Gschatz winter combat schools and the Fulpmes high-altitude school. In 1942, a total of twelve independent formations, also known as Jagdkommandos, were formed at battalion level. These units were later merged into the 1st Skijäger Division.

The Brandenburg Defense Division formed Jagdkommandos as command units for combat operations behind enemy lines. These were subordinate to armies or corps, but were often used as reserves in the event of enemy breakthroughs, often resulting in heavy casualties.

The Wehrmacht, SS, SD, Order Police and Waffen-SS created and used Jagdkommandos to fight partisans in France, Poland, Russia and the Balkans. On September 2, 1944, for example, Schubert's Jagdkommando carried out the Chortiatis massacre in Greece.

At the end of the Second World War, Vienna was home to the Jagdkommando Donau, an SS fighter unit under the command of Otto Skorzeny, which was deployed on the Eastern Front and during the Ardennes offensive. Skorzeny's most famous operation was the liberation of Benito Mussolini from his throne.
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