Germany, Third Reich. A Postwar Allied Occupation Police Armband Newly Listed Footnote: This Cap Edelweiss was

Footnote: This Cap Edelweiss was worn by members of the SS Gebirgstruppen (Mountain Troops) and stitched on the side of a cap

Promoted to Colonel on 4 September 1863 and Major-General on 23 March 1869

with intact

Constructed of bronze metal

At Yatay on August 17

Germany, Third Reich. A Postwar Allied Occupation Police Armband Newly Listed Footnote: This Cap Edelweiss was(Polizei Armband). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior bearing a black dyed inscription of M. G. M. R. and POLICE POLIZEI, unmarked, measuring 19 cm (w) x 11. 5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, with minor soiling evident, a classic example of an identifying insignia worn by police personnel in immediate postwar Allied occupied Germany c. 1945 1946, in extremely fine condition.