Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of 28 mm diameter - second

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

their crews were forced to either bail out over China or crash-land along the coast

the reverse absent an underlay and with guide threading visible

Third Class neck cross

a ball-tipped enameled white Maltese Cross

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge Republic of 28 mm diameter - second(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