Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Protection Police Summer Field Blouse

(Schutzpolizei Feldbluse). A field blouse constructed of mottled green and tan-flecked cotton-blended fabric, featuring a vertical row of six matte-grey pebbled buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes, with a front closure at the neck composed of a single metal hook and clasp, the front of the tunic presents two pleated patch breast pockets and two pleated patch hip pockets, all with scalloped button-down flaps, the fold down collar presents two EM/NCO collar tabs, each constructed of matte-aluminum thread in the army pattern Litzen with three bars in green branch colours, sewn directly on to the collar, each measuring 25 mm (w) x 75 mm (l), each shoulder presents slip-on shoulder boards, each displaying an inner soutache braid constructed of aluminum wire with evenly spaced brown Vs and dark brown cord in artificial silk, interwoven into eight bends, with the bend at the rounded end forming a buttonhole opening, the surrounding soutache in aluminum braid with brown V threads, underlaid with green fabric, for the rank of Meister, measuring 39 mm (w) x 105 mm (l), the upper left arm bears a Schutzpolizei insignia in the form of a green Police-style eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the interior presents partially lined with a dark-brown cotton blended fabric, stamped in black ink with sizing information IIIIB 45 96 42 72 66, maker marked Beltl, the tunic measures 42 cm across the shoulders, 60 cm in the sleeves, with a total length of 76.5, displaying mild soiling, and in near extremely fine condition.