Germany, Police. An Assmann & Söhne Manufacturer’s Quality Test Board

Five each bronzed and gilt buttons, four silvered buttons; one silvered waist hook (Taillenhaken); tschako cockade for lower ranks (Tschako-Nationale für Mannschaften); cap eagle insignia for lower ranks (Mützen-Hoheitsabzeichen für Mannschaften); large and small silvered Gendarmerie star; cap cockade; one silvered five-sided and one silvered four-sided pip; security police gilt belt buckle (Schupo-Feldbindenschloss); security police open-claw buckle for officers (Schupo-Offiziers-Koppelschnalle); four pieces for shoulder strap fittings, including one silvered and one gilt snap hook (Karabinerhaken), one sliding buckle (Schiebeschnalle), and one semi-circular ring.

Footnote: Meticulously stored in an archival environment for the past 50 years, this untouched and complete collection of Assmann manufactured insignia is new to the global market. Board mounted, each presented insignia was employed as a quality control sample at the Assmann factory during the war. Each tester board is complete and each individual insignia is numbered as per Assmann manufacturing codes. Comprised of over 150 individual pieces of mint insignia, all branches of the Wehrmacht are represented in this unique special collection.