Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of the reverse absent an underlay

the reverse absent an underlay and with guide threading visible

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

two members’ lapel pins

and on the band below rests a first pattern silvered tombak jawless skull

the other with one of two lugs intact

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of the reverse absent an underlay(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