Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury)

also Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury)

each constructed of paper with black ink

studied archeology and art history

handwritten inscription

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac also Unternehmen Merkur (Operation Mercury)(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.