Original WWII German POLICE NCOS AUXILIARY & SECURITY POLIZEI (SCHUMA) ARM BADGE. (Polizei-Hilfskrafte und Schutzmannschaften Raute)

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Original WWII German POLICE AUXILIARY & SECURITY POLIZEI (SCHUMA) ARM BADGE. (Polizei-Hilfskrafte und Schutzmannschaften Raute). Certified.  With the invasion of Russia on June 22ND 1941 the German army quickly occupied large tracts of territory resulting in ever extending rear areas that required policing to maintain order amongst the population and to secure open transportation and communication lines to the front. Originally the army had established small auxiliary police units for these purposes which were followed by SS action groups. The territories occupied proved to be too large for these small auxiliary units to police effectively which resulted in recruitment of local anti-communist personnel which were formed into Schuma, Schutzmannschaften, (Protection Troops), units in November 1941. The Schuma personnel fell under the control of the regional Höhere SS und Polizeiführer, (Higher SS and Police Leader). These Schuma personnel wore a wide variety of uniforms, headgear and insignia including surplus black Allgemeine-SS uniforms, and assorted field-grey and police green items. In June 1942 distinctive cap and sleeves emblems were introduced for Schuma personnel to distinguish them from Ordnungspolizei, (Order Police), personnel.  Roughly, 92mm tall, 82mm wide, vertically oval, machine woven green rayon base featuring a machine woven, vertically oval, laurel leaf wreath encompassing an elongated, angular, swastika and script: “Treue Tapfer Gehorsam”, (Faithful, Valiant, Obedience), all in green rayon threads. The insignia appears is still on its original field-grey rayon factory roll and is in overall, excellent,   Nice untouched example. In good but used condition, has that great look!  Brought home by a U.S. Veteran as a trophy of war.100% Guaranteed to be authentic. Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Please see our other German Medals and Relics From WWII.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE VERY RARE!   Don’t miss it!