Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Sleeve Insignia United Republic of on a thin kraft paper

on a thin kraft paper stock

All letters are dated to July or August of 1940

He enlisted as a Private (H/42175) with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles in June 1942 and trained in Winnipeg

an artillery gun behind him

22 mm (w) x 50

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Sleeve Insignia United Republic of on a thin kraft paper(Ordnungspolizei rmelabzeichen). Constructed of field grey wool, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 92 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), some mothing and material fatigue evident, in overall very fine condition.