Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Gendarmerie Officer’s Visor Cap, By Willy Sprengpfeil GTRexclude in painted metal (magnetic)

in painted metal (magnetic)

measuring 45 mm (w) x 100 mm (l)

A well preserved example of a Silver Merit Cross with Crown (Silbernes Verdienstkreuz mit Krone)

trimmed on the obverse with silver aluminum wire tresses

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Gendarmerie Officer’s Visor Cap, By Willy Sprengpfeil GTRexclude in painted metal (magnetic)(Schirmmtze fr Offizier der Gendarmerie). An extremely well preserved visor cap for a Gendarmerie Officer, constructed of smooth police blue wool. The cap features reinforced side walls, fully lined with a dark brown wool twill cap band. Orange woven piping fully lines the circumference of the crown, with additional bands of orange piping trimming both the top and bottom of the cap band. Pinned into the peak is a tri colour cockade, consisting of a