Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity The first batch of fifty

The first batch of fifty F-S Fighting Knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairn and Sykes had travelled down to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort

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Silver Grade Medal with war Decoration (silver and enamels

60 mm x 89 mm inclusive of the wreath suspension

Flanders West

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity The first batch of fifty(Landespolziei Einheitsmtze). This is an extremely well preserved Landespolizei (State Police) visor cap, constructed of dark brown wool twill with a green cap band. The peak of the cap is pinned with a zink tri colour cockade with a red felt centerpiece, measuring 22 mm in diameter. Pinned into the centre of the cap band is a zink police style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within an oval oak leaf wreath, measuring 55 mm