Superb - and actually rarely encountered! - officers'- (ie. evt. NCO-) type, so-called: 'Schutzmannschaften'- (ie. 'Schuma'-) armshield being executed in silver-grey-coloured 'flatwire'-thread onto a police-green-coloured background

This is a very attractive - and actually rarely encountered! - I deem officers'- (ie. eventually NCO-) type - so-called: 'Schutzmannschaften'- (ie. 'Schuma'-) armshield (ie. 'Ärmelabzeichen') being a neat example as wasexecuted in silver-grey-coloured 'flatwire'-thread onto a typical police-green-coloured background and depicting the text: 'Treu, Tapfer, Gehorsam' (which can be translated as: 'loyal, brave and obeying') and that comes in an overall very nice- (ie. 'virtually mint- ie. unissued' and/or never confectioned- nor tunic-attached-) condition. The neat arm-badge is executed in silver-grey coloured (ie. as stated above 'flatwire'-based-) thread onto a typical police-green-coloured background and as such signified the close interrelation between the - notorious! - 'Schuma' units and the German police (ie. 'Polizei') ie. Waffen-SS and/or SD units. I personally think that this badge was intended for officers'- (ie. NCO-usage, especially taking into account that it was executed in the neat 'flatwire'-weave pattern (as almost certainly produced by the 'BeVo' company of Wuppertal). The neat piece comes in a truly 'mint'- ie. non-folded and/or unconfectioned condition and just shows some minimal age ie. staining caused by decades of storage only. Simply a nice and rarely encountered 'Ostvölker'-related armbadge that was intended for an officer who served within the notorious 'Schutzmannschaften'- (ie. 'Schuma'-) Truppen'!

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