Polish Patches

Close-up of a small fabric patch with a purple border, a yellow background, and a brown letter 'R' in the center.
A small, square piece of yellow fabric with a pink and purple design and purple stitching along the edges.
Red fabric letter P patch on a triangular background.

Concentration camp breast patch for French prisoners

A grid of 36 Squares with a purple P on a yellow background, each bordered with purple.
Sheet of stickers with a purple letter P inside a yellow square, arranged in a grid pattern on a white background.

Polish Forced Laborer patches

Served as a discriminatory marker, similar to the Star of David for Jews, intended to humiliate and segregate Polish forced laborers from the German population. These patches were worn by Polish civilians, who were forcibly deported from occupied Poland to work in factories, agriculture, and construction within Nazi Germany.