Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Auction Archive engraved Waffen - SS

engraved Waffen - SS

The reverse consists of a paper backer

Meanwhile the Germans had encircled the area

notable wear to reverse

and then moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for jungle training until July 1943

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Auction Archive engraved Waffen - SS(Schutzpolizei rmeladler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the revere with a police green rayon underlay, unmarked, measuring 85 mm (w) x 85 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue, a mid to late war BeVo variant in uniform removed and