April 5, 2024
Soviet Russian Badge "60 years to military counterspionage of "Smersh
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Badge "60 years to military counterspionage of "Smersh". SMERSH (Russian: СМЕ� Ш, acronym of SMERt' SHpionam, Russian: СМЕ� ть Шпионам, English: Death to Spies) were the counter-intelligence departments in the Soviet Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially founded on April 14th, 1943. The name is phonetically similar to the Russian words "смерш" (smerch) for tornado and "смерть" (smert) for death.The main task of SMERSH was to secure the Red Army's operational rear; investigate, arrest and neutralize anti-Soviet partisans, saboteurs, spies, conspirators, mutineers, deserters, and people designated as traitors and criminal elements at the combat front. On February 3, 1941, the Special Sections (osoby otdel) of the NKVD (responsible for Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army) became part of the Army and Navy (RKKA and RKKF, respectively). The GUGB was separated from the NKVD and renamed the People's Commissariat for State Security (NKGB), with the Counter-Intelligence (CI) sections assigned to it. Following the outbreak of World War II, the NKVD and NKGB were reunited on July 20, 1941 and CI was returned to the NKVD in January 1942. On a badge on a dark blue tape there is an inscription in Russian: "Military counterspionage СМЕ� Ш" Badge it is made a method of moulding from metal and enamel.Size 53 x 30 mm.
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