Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Air Mechanic First Class

Footnote: Air Mechanic First Class G

The cap measures approximately 170 mm (w) x 270 mm (l) x 120 mm (h)

the exterior bearing an inscription of “MEDAILLE ‘WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42’ (OSTMEDAILLE)” and a maker’s mark of “JULIUS MAURER

He received the War Merit Cross II Class in July 1941

the obverse center medallion presents a gold figure of a man spearing a dragon on horseback on a white enamel field

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Air Mechanic First Class(Schutzmannschaften rmelabzeichen fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse overlaid by a black oval disc bearing a central elongated mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE TAPFER GEHORSAM (LOYAL BRAVE OBEDIENT), all situated within an oval laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), demonstrating minor soiling, in unissued and near mint condition.