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Worn (tunic removed) sleeve shield of the Russian National Liberation Army (Russian: Русская освободительная народная армия, POHA), also known as the Kaminski Brigade.
Size of sleeve shield approx. 5.9 x 6.5 cm. Very good condition. Extremely rare.
Kaminski Brigade was a collaborationist unit formed in 1941 in the town of Lokot, near Bryansk (later Lokot Autonomy). The unit was headed by a Konstantin Voskoboinik right until his death (killed by Soviet partisans) when Bronislav Kaminski came in charge. The unit was tasked with fighting Soviet partisans and patrolling both transport routes and forests. In 1942 the unit eventually numbered over 1,000 men. Kaminski Brigade received higher quality arms, equipment, and uniforms to later participate in large anti-partisan operations. By the middle of 1943, the unit numbered about 12,000 locals, also armored vehicles, motorcycles, and trucks. In the summer of 1943 unit retreated to Belarus, where it was involved in heavy combat with partisans. In 1944 unit was absorbed by Waffen-SS and renamed Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA. Kaminski was given the rank of Waffen-Brigadeführer der SS. When the Warsaw uprising broke out brigade was sent to Warsaw, in order to participate in the pacification of the uprising. During the pacification of the uprising, Kaminski Brigade committed numerous atrocities against the civilian population. Upon increasing the insubordination of Kaminski to the authority of local German commanders he would be later arrested and executed, informing the unit that he had been killed in an ambush set up by Polish partisans. In October 1944 unit was disbanded and the remaining personnel was transferred to Andrey Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army (Russian: Русская освободительная армия, POA).
