Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Mint Officer’s Brocade and Buckle, with Case and Aiguillette
(Ordnungspolizei Feldbinde für Offizier mit Schnalle und Etui). The finest example of the type, without exception. An extremely well-preserved Ordnungspolizei Officer’s brocade and buckle, the former constructed of a reinforced Police-green cotton twill base, the exterior overlaid by a silver aluminum wire tresses bearing a subtle machine-embroidered design consisting of alternating double Sig runes and oak leaf clusters, trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with double machine-embroidered black bands, one end of the brocade stitched into a loop for the accommodation of an integral aluminum clip, the opposite end bearing a reverse Police-green leatherette tongue perforated with 13 sets of dual eyelets for a fully adjustable fit, with each end also retaining sliding knots of identical cotton twill and silver aluminum wire construction, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 1310 mm (l), in near mint condition; the buckle constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD WITH US”) and oak leaf branches, the reverse with a clip and loop, marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “257/41” for Christian Theodor Dicke, Lüdenscheid, measuring 50 mm in diameter, in near mint condition; accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of a two-piece card stock frame with a faux black leather exterior liner, the interior retaining an original wax paper liner, unmarked, measuring 210 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), with minor material fatigue evident, in near extremely fine condition; also accompanied by an Officer’s aiguillette, constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire, with each end completing in a loop for uniform attachment, unmarked, in near mint condition.

