Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge United Republic of surrounding a central bear rampant

surrounding a central bear rampant on a pebbled background

38 mm (w) x 19

A Württemberg Military Merit Medal

with minor tarnishing and loss of finish evident

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Exceptionally Rare Police Ski Instructor’s Badge United Republic of surrounding a central bear rampant(Polizei Schifhrerabzeichen). Instituted 17 November 1942. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of a stamped and silvered alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval ring surrounding a central Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, overlaid by a pair of skis highlighted in yellow, with the six and twelve oclock positions of the ring bearing an impressed