Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 Auction bronze plates on either side

bronze plates on either side illustrating plum blossoms flanking the Republican sun insignia with crossed flags of the Kuomintang and the Republic at the pommel end

Here the division was besieged by the Red Army over Christmas of 1944

The document is dated to Berlin on August 26

constructed of finely detailed stamped aluminum

as was his being awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous Gallantry and Devotion to Duty in the field on June 3

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 Auction bronze plates on either side(Landespolziei Einheitsmtze). This is an extremely well preserved Landespolizei (State Police) visor cap, constructed of dark brown wool twill with a green cap band. The peak of the cap is pinned with a zink tri colour cockade with a red felt centerpiece, measuring 22 mm in diameter. Pinned into the centre of the cap band is a zink police style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within an oval oak leaf wreath, measuring 55 mm