Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Pair Of Police Portepees GTRexclude but it is very different

but it is very different from the one that was in use ten years earlier

Purple Heart (two-piece construction

Unmarked and measuring 151 cm (w) x 203 cm (h)

Footnote: Cecil Morris Nelson was born in 1909 in the United Kingdom

and maker marked “RZM 1198/39 SS” on the reverse ricasso

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Pair Of Police Portepees GTRexclude but it is very different(Ordnungspolizei Portepees). A pair of Police portepees, including an Officers example, consisting of a stylized acorn constructed of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire, suspended from a black rayon cord with a central machine embroidered red band flanked by silver aluminum wire, unmarked, measuring 440 mm in total length, the acorns centrepiece has frayed, in overall very fine condition, and; an EM NCOs portepee, consisting of a stylized acorn