Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks visually-hidden in Gallipoli

in Gallipoli

was the second most successful German U-boat ace of World War II

1943 and signed in pencil

Shield of textbook German manufacture

Kerstein" sewn in place to the sidewall of the beret at the rear

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Schutzmannschaft Sleeve Insignia for Enlisted Ranks visually-hidden in Gallipoli(Schutzmannschaften rmelabzeichen fr Mannschaften). Constructed of field grey rayon, the obverse overlaid by a black oval disc bearing a central elongated mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE TAPFER GEHORSAM (LOYAL BRAVE OBEDIENT), all situated within an oval laurel wreath, unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), demonstrating minor soiling, in unissued and near mint condition.