Czechoslovakia: Partisan Badge
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The Partisan Badge was instituted on 9th August 1946 to be awarded to Czechoslovak armed partisans who had fought against the occupying German forces during World War II and were officially enrolled in a Resistance organisation. Its attribution was strictly controlled.
A revolt erupted in August 1944 as Communists. Slovak nationalists, Army officers and partisans, including Jewish underground fighters from the labour camps, united to overthrow the pro-Nazi Tiso regime. In October, thousands of German troops arrived and the rebellion was crushed on October 27.
