Germany, Third Reich. A Postwar Allied Occupation Police Armband Newly Listed 56 mm (w) x 94

56 mm (w) x 94

the centre of the eagle bears a eight-rayed star and superimposed on that is a crowned coat of arms

It was originally founded as a military order

the six o’clock arm bears the date 1915

Germany, Third Reich. A Postwar Allied Occupation Police Armband Newly Listed 56 mm (w) x 94(Polizei Armband). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior bearing a black dyed inscription of M. G. M. R. and POLICE POLIZEI, unmarked, measuring 19 cm (w) x 11. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, with minor soiling evident, a classic example of an identifying insignia worn by police personnel in immediate postwar Allied occupied Germany c. 1945 1946, in extremely fine condition.