Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Hold Outside of the handle (langet)

Outside of the handle (langet) with a large oak leaf motif

He was invalided to England

1942 for Garrison Duty in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

(Zweidornschnalle)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Hold Outside of the handle (langet)(Schutzpolizei rmeladler fr Mannschaften). Constructed of police green 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 black mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 95 mm (w) x 95 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.