Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Early Fire Brigade Belt Buckle Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic issued in Berlin on 1

issued in Berlin on 1 September 1941

with the throat retaining a functional spring catch

The visor itself has a black leather patterned upper with black wool embroidered wreathing along the front edge

circumscribed by inscription “UCZESTNIKOM WALK W OBRONIE WŁADZY LUDOWEJ” (“PARTICIPANTS OF THE STRUGGLES IN DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLES’ POWER”)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Early Fire Brigade Belt Buckle Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic issued in Berlin on 1(Feuerwehr Koppelschlo). Constructed nickel silver with brass, the obverse overlaid by a central medallion bearing a raised firemans helmet, overlaying a crossed axe and pick, circumscribed by an inscription of GOTT ZUR EHR DEN NCHSTEN ZUR WEHR (TO GODS GLORY TO THE DEFENCE OF OUR NEIGHBOURS), the reverse with claws emanating from a functional roller, unmarked, measuring 62 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), an early Third Reich period example produced c. 1934, in