Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity The first batch of fifty

The first batch of fifty F-S Fighting Knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairn and Sykes had travelled down to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort

His ribbon bar features a War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

and photographs: Admiral John McCain Sr

Measuring 114x174mm

Flanders West

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landespolizei (State Police) Em/Nco’s Visor Cap, C. 1937 certificate_of_authenticity The first batch of fifty(Landespolziei Einheitsmtze). This is an extremely well preserved Landespolizei (State Police) visor cap, constructed of dark brown wool twill with a green cap band. The peak of the cap is pinned with a zink tri colour cockade with a red felt centerpiece, measuring 22 mm in diameter. Pinned into the centre of the cap band is a zink police style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within an oval oak leaf wreath, measuring 55 mm