Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare High-Altitude Mountain Gendarmerie Badge, by L. Klein certificate_of_authenticity the six o’clock arm with

the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution of “1939”

irrespective of recipient

and with the paint well preserved

A button-up fly with three reinforced buttonholes meeting one bakelite button (two buttons missing) sits below a metal hook meeting a metal loop

in its brown cardboard envelope of issue

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare High-Altitude Mountain Gendarmerie Badge, by L. Klein certificate_of_authenticity the six o’clock arm with(Gendarmerie Hochalpinist Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a green enameled oval ring decorated with white enameled edelweiss, topped by a green enameled banner bearing a gilt inscription of GENDARMERIE HOCHALPINIST, overlaying an ice axe which protrudes beyond both the top and bottom, overlaid by a silvered oval oak leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled medallion, in turn bearing a