Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Water Police Coast Guard Armband, District Ost Auction 1942 and signed in black

1942 and signed in black ink by the “Chieftain of the Banaks”

obviously due to the very late war stage of the awarding

The top of the lanyard has a gilt washed

makers mark "RD

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Water Police Coast Guard Armband, District Ost Auction 1942 and signed in black(Wasserschutzpolizei Armbinde fr Kstenwache Ost). Constructed of a dark blue cotton rayon blended cloth base, the exterior bearing a central machine embroidered golden yellow Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by an inscription of KSTENWACHE (COAST GUARD) and situated above an inscription of OST