Germany, Schutzpolizei. A Schutzpolizei (Municipal Police) Hauptwachtmeister Tunic

(Schutzpolizei Hauptwachtmeister Waffenrock). This is an extremely well-preserved Schutzpolizei (Municipal Police) Hauptwachtmeister tunic, constructed of smooth police green wool. The collar, constructed of brown wool, is neatly lined from end-to-end with woven green “Waffenfarbe” piping and is flanked on each side by insignia tabs. The latter are constructed of a green wool base trimmed by rolled and twisted silver aluminum bullion wire, bearing two silver bullion insignia with central green threaded bands. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of a green wool base, with cardboard reinforcement, with two rows of silver aluminum bullion wire bands at the outer edges, two rows of brown threaded bands in the middle, and two silvered bronze rank pips pinned through the top. The boards measure 34 mm (w) x 100 mm (l) and are secured to the tunic by a row of stitching at the outer end and by a pebbled, silvered zink button on the inside. The top left arm bears an insignia depicting a machine-embroidered green thread police-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed black mobile swastika within an oval oak leaf wreath, set on a grey wool background. Above the eagle, the patch bears the inscription “Leipzig” in green thread. The sleeve insignia measures 88 mm (w) x 97 mm (h). The front of the tunic has four pockets, with two on each breast, opening with stylized horizontal flaps with a reinforced buttonhole meeting a pebbled, silvered zink button. Pinned into the tunic above the top left breast pocket is a medal ribbon bar featuring four medals, including a Police 18-Year Long Service Medal and a Sudetenland Medal, set around a 30 mm-long magnetic medal bar with a horizontal pinback. The cuffs are constructed of black wool, rolled back to a depth of 100 mm and securely stitched across the circumference, trimmed by green piping. The tunic is closed with eight pebbled, silvered zink buttons on the right breast flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left. The lower reverse of the tunic has a 290-mm vertical slit trimmed with green piping, with pebbled, silvered zink buttons at the bottom and belt hooks of identical construction at the top. The interior features a complete grey cotton twill liner, with the right breast flap stamped with a maker’s mark reading “Bernhard Endepols &. Co, 1941”, along with sizes “3, 43, 96,63, 29, 84, 42”. The sleeves are lined with rayon in a pinstripe design. There are two interior pockets, both on the left breast flap, one of which opens with a reinforced horizontal slit, while the other opens with a vertical slit. The interior of the collar features two magnetic metal hooks on the right meeting an equal number of eyelets on the right, as well as two butterfly-style magnetic metal clips. The tunic measures approximately 432 mm across the shoulders, with a total body length of 724 mm and an arm length of 612 mm. There is evidence that insignia have been removed from both shoulder boards, as well as some soiling of the wool, but the tunic is in an otherwise extremely fine condition.