'Oberwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei' Shoulder Boards

Description

Pair of 'Schutzpolizei' shoulder-boards (Schulterstücke). The police were divided into eight assorted branches of service and during the restructuring the different police agencies were assigned specific identifying 'Truppenfarbe' (Branch Colors), with the green truppenfarbe being allocated to the 'Schutzpolizei des Reichs' (National Protection Police). The German Police had no enlisted ranks with the lowest rank being an 'Unterwachtmeister' which was equivalent to the German army rank of Unteroffizier. This is a pair of 'Schutzpolizei' shoulder-boards as intended for an 'Oberwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei'. The boards are constructed from dark brown and silver braid on a green underlay. The boards are complete with slip-on tongues. Nice original shoulder boards in very good condition!