Enlisted-mens'-type, so-called: 'Schutzmannschaften' (or: 'Schuma') armshield, as executed in greyish-coloured thread on a field-grey-coloured background

This is an attractive - and actually scarcely encountered! - (I deem) enlisted-mens'-type so-called: 'Schutzmannschaften' (or: 'Schuma') armshield depicting the text: 'Treu, Tapfer, Gehorsam' (which can be translated as: 'loyal, brave and obeying') being an example as executed in greysish-silver- (ie. 'silbergrauer'-) coloured thread on a field-grey-coloured background and that comes in an overall very nice- (ie. 'virtually mint-/unissued'-), condition. The neat arm-badge is executed in silverish-grey-coloured thread on a field-grey-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 enlisted-mens' usage: it was executed in the neat machine-woven pattern (almost certainly by the 'BeVo' company of Wuppertal). The neat piece comes in a mint- (ie. non-folded and/or unconfectioned) condition and just shows some minimal age ie. staining caused by decades of storage only. These notorious 'Schützmannschaften' (ie. 'Schuma') were staffed with men entirely coming from the Baltic states and had a very bad reputation. Simply a nice and rarely encountered 'Ostvölker'-related armbadge that is (I deem) fairly priced!

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