SMGP-1923 Polish Forced Labor Patch

An interesting post i found about these on war relics EU:

“The forced worker was required to purchase at least 5 of these patches by the German regulations. These were were cut off the sheets in strips rather than individually, which the forced worker then cut off a patch from his/her strip for their use. The remaining patches being mainly left in a strip (see attachment) so they would not get lost—they could not afford to lose them as they would have to purchase replacements from their small wages instead of valuable food. That is why many “P” patches were sewn around a cardboard substrate (see attachment) which could be pinned to the workers clothing rather than sewn as this allowed one badge to be used over and over on different clothing thus saving wages and prolonging the useful life of the patch. Poles were most often housed in their own camps Polenlager and not mixed with Ukrainians who had their own camps Ostarbeiter–Lager however they often did work together in the same German factories etc.”