Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of issued at headquarters on 2

issued at headquarters on 2 December 1940

the reverse absent an underlay and with guide threading visible

two members’ lapel pins

28 mm diameter - second (rectangular) badge depicts three planes on amber backing

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of issued at headquarters on 2(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