Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rural Constabulary Wachtmeister Field Blouse Newly Listed affixed using two flat wire

affixed using two flat wire prongs visible on the reverse

Finely produced in bronze gilt maple leaf base

and were generally employed on the defences of Johannesburg and of posts in the surrounding district

He left the next day for Egypt and would served as part of the border force for over eleven months

Footnote: At the time of him being wounded

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Rural Constabulary Wachtmeister Field Blouse Newly Listed affixed using two flat wire(Gendarmerie Feldbluse). A field blouse constructed of Police green cotton blended fabric, featuring a vertical row of six silver pebbled buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes, with a front closure at the neck composed of a two metal hooks and clasps, the front of the tunic presents two pleated patch breast pockets and two non pleated patch hip pockets, all with scalloped button down flaps, the collar is flanked by tabs composed of