Description
marked "1/20-10K G
HJ Flak Helper’s Cloth Badge - Machine embroidered dark blue thread on black cloth
(Erinnerungsmedaille an die Befreiung von Riga)
Has cardiac palpitation
black paper overlaying a black cotton mesh backer
Germany, Third Reich. A Postwar Allied Occupation Police Armband consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "1/20-10K G(Polizei Armband). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior bearing a black dyed inscription of M. G. M. R. and POLICE POLIZEI, unmarked, measuring 19 cm (w) x 11. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, with minor soiling evident, a classic example of an identifying insignia worn by police personnel in immediate postwar Allied occupied Germany c. 1945 1946, in extremely fine condition.