Hi guys,
I haven’t seen one of these advertised for a while. I can't even find one here on the HR Forum which surprised me. So here is my
‘Anti-Partisan’ ring. Ostensibly owned by a member of a
Bandenbekämpfung (bandit fighting) SS unit. The Nazis of course used the term
‘anti-partisan’ as a euphemism for the brutal ethnic cleansing operations against Jewish people, Communists and other victims of their idealogical nonsense. These units were particularly active on the Eastern Front.
This ring is of course a fake. Soft details, cast; that RZM mark inside the band is a dead giveaway. It might even be a complete fantasy. I never saw an authentic one. I don’t know if the pattern ever existed in wartime. Anti-partisan badges, sure, lots of them around (also heavily faked) but I never saw a ring.
I'd be interested to learn if someone has a real one or knows for sure that the pattern even existed.
I bought this many years ago from a guy on FleaBay. I was younger and more naive
It wasn’t expensive. When I told him it’s a fake, he apologized, gave me a refund and told me I could keep the ring too. You live and learn. You can still pick these up for $20-50, sometimes a lot more.