Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge United Republic of an unmarked “oval crimp” variant

an unmarked “oval crimp” variant

An extremely well made swagger stick with a lower portion fabricated from bamboo and is surmounted by a hollow brass handle

A Württemberg Military Merit Medal

surrounding a central bear rampant on a pebbled background

with minor tarnishing and loss of finish evident

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge United Republic of an unmarked “oval crimp” variant(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