Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Officer’s M43/Overseas Cap Insignia Archive Kirkpatrick of Toronto

Kirkpatrick of Toronto

Sutcliffe contracted sciatica while in Belgium

exhibiting creasing in the fabric on the exterior

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42” (“WINTER BATTLE IN THE EAST 1941/42”)

They are Feldpost cards from an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Officer’s M43/Overseas Cap Insignia Archive Kirkpatrick of Toronto(Ordnungspolizei Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of black rayon, the obverse bearing an additional machine embroidered black rayon blended layer with a silver aluminum wire Ordnungspolizei insignia consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 58 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.