Germany, Schutzpolizei. A Schutzpolizei Gendarmerie Em/Nco’s Sleeve Insignia certificate_of_authenticity 1943 and was subsequently occupied

1943 and was subsequently occupied by the United States 82nd Airborne until their transfer a month later

By the end of August

Officially numbered

and an old-style infantry shoulder board

Germany, Schutzpolizei. A Schutzpolizei Gendarmerie Em/Nco’s Sleeve Insignia certificate_of_authenticity 1943 and was subsequently occupied(Schutzpolizei rmelabzeichen). Constructed of police style cyan green wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered orange Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 78 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.