Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Hold (Zweidornschnalle)

(Zweidornschnalle)

a flat cross guard with downturned quillons (the right quillon is stamped with the Hungarian crest on the reverse) with a left-facing eagle with outstretched wings on the obverse and vertically fluted on the reverse

1942 for Garrison Duty in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

the inside of all the exterior pockets have “872” stamped on the flap in black

the liner has separated from its backer

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzpolizei Sleeve Eagle for Enlisted Ranks, BeVo Variant Hold (Zweidornschnalle)(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.