Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of two members’ lapel pins

two members’ lapel pins

28 mm diameter - second (rectangular) badge depicts three planes on amber backing

a Wehrmacht stamp overprinting the left arrow and a Vichy stamp overprinting the right arrow

Also carried were: small arms and ammunition

a ball-tipped enameled white Maltese Cross

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of two members’ lapel pins(Polizei Schifhrerabzeichen). Instituted 17 November 1942. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of a stamped and silvered alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval ring surrounding a central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a pair of skis highlighted in yellow, with the six and twelve oclock positions of the ring bearing an impressed