Green color symbolized the spirit of the Lithuanian country and the rise of the Movement of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania and reminded about the green forests that had for ages protected Lithuanians against their foes. The two connected triangles forming the insignia’s diamond mean “the highest lasting endurance of our nation”, where with one triangle the nation’s power rises towards the sky, while the other anchors it to its land (excerpt from the book “Lithuanian Partisan State” by Vykintas Vaitkevičius and Aistė Petrauskienė).

The Vytis cross served to remind about the Lithuanian greatness – the victory achieved during the Battle of Grunwald. The color black emphasized secrecy because “even to his parents, a partisan is the night.” The red color from the stylized Jagiellonian cross symbolizing blood sacrifice tells the partisans that this sacrifice becomes sacred greatness only when the fighters bring it to the nation’s altar by following the path of Christian morality (excerpt from the book “Lithuanian Partisan State” by Vykintas Vaitkevičius and Aistė Petrauskienė).

When intending to reconstruct the patch, Giedrius Paulauskas faced the question of how it had been produced. After inspecting the patch contained in the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, a speculation was made that it had been woven. However, later it became clear that the patch had been embroidered using a unique technique. For reconstructing the patch, wool yarns that best reflected the period were chosen. Embroidery required great precision, so who made it for partisans? Their sweethearts? Signalwomen? A fighter who had no uniform would sew the patch on the sleeve of his civilian clothes. This emblem is one of the key proofs that the Lithuanian partisans were the Lithuanian armed forces.