Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Feldgendarmerie Nco’s Sleeve Insignia Auction also known as Operation Diadem

also known as Operation Diadem

bronze gilt with red and blue enamels

In all 523 awarded

Schörner joined the Freikorps Epp (A paramilitary Free Crops organisation)

The left breast has three vertical thread loops arranged horizontally where a long ribbon bar once resided

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unissued Feldgendarmerie Nco’s Sleeve Insignia Auction also known as Operation Diadem(Feldgendarmerie Flicken). Constructed of field grey wool with machine embroidery in the shape of a standard police eagle, consisting of a German eagle with open wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within a larger oval wreath, measuring 100 mm (h) x 88 mm (w), unissued and in extremely fine condition.