Artifact of War

Product type: Patch
Unit/Group: PMC Wagner
Origin: Bakhmut, Ukraine, from the Battle of Bakhmut
Period: 2023
Significance: Very rare patch, often seen worn by high-ranking mercenaries of PMC Wagner and Jevgeni Prigozjin himself. 

Cargo 200 (Груз 200) is a Soviet military code meaning a soldier killed in action and transported home in a coffin. The phrase originated during the Soviet–Afghan War and later became common Russian military slang for battlefield deaths. On Wagner patches, it appears as text alone, referencing this code and implying enemy casualties.