Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Stuttgart Protection Police Meister NCO Tunic, by G. Mauch, c.1941

(Schutzpolizei Waffenrock). This tunic is fabricated from Police-green wool exterior with a brown cotton-blended interior lining, the breasts of the jacket close by eight reinforced button holes meeting an equal number of pebbled, silver-coloured metallic buttons, stamped on the reverse with R. Deitenbeck,” the tunic bears two pleated breast pockets and two pleated hip pockets, each with reinforced buttonholes meeting a pebbled, silvered zink buttons, a plastic whistle is attached to the left breast pocket by a braided cord, the collar, constructed of dark-brown wool, is neatly lined with green woven piping that continues down the length of the breast flap, the interior right collar has three magnetic metal hooks meeting an equal number of magnetic metal eyelets on the left allowing the collar to sit flush with the neck, the collar is flanked by tabs composed of green-coloured wool base, bordered by twisted silver aluminum bullion wire, bearing machine-embroidered twisted silver aluminum bullion wire columns, measuring 33 mm (w) x 69 mm (h), shoulder boards rest on each shoulder, constructed of grey and brown threading that is densely looped around to meet a pebbled button, surrounded by a U-shape of silvered aluminum bullion wire and brown thread embroidered in a chevron formation, on a green-coloured wool backer, indicating the rank of Meister, measuring 40 mm (w) x 108 mm (h), the left upper arm bears a sleeve insignia in the form of a police-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the city of Stuttgart included, in machine-embroidered green thread, within a larger oval wreath, all sewn onto a field-grey backing, measuring 90 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), the reverse of the tunic presents a central vertical tail skirt vent measuring 26.4 cm with two ornamental buttons to the top edge and an additional two buttons to the bottom edge, flanked by small ornamental panels piped in green wool, at the end of each sleeve is a brown cuff measuring approximately 95 mm in depth, bordered by green thread, and adorned by two pebbled buttons, striped off-white rayon-blended material lines the interior of the sleeves, the interior of the tunic contains a pocket on the upper left breast stamped with PO E 1941 824, along with a reinforced slot that opens into the left waist pocket, the interior of the right is stamped with the maker mark for G. Mauch along with the date 1941 and measurements 108 66 24 96 41, across the shoulders measures approximately 41 cm, 62.5 cm in the arms, with an overall length of 78.2 cm, the tunic presents very mild mothing, and is in overall extremely fine condition.