Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Marienbad District Sleeve Insignia, 1936 Pattern visually-hidden but with contact marks

but with contact marks

(Militärverwaltung Umhang)

situated within a green enameled ring bearing a gilt institution date

retaining a manufacturer’s label reading “NATUR-BERNSTEIN NBJ”

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Marienbad District Sleeve Insignia, 1936 Pattern visually-hidden but with contact marks(Feuerschutzpolizei rmelabzeichen). Constructed of field grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered carmine Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed black mobile swastika, topped by an embroidered carmine inscription of MARIENBAD (now Marinsk Lzn, Czech Republic), unmarked, measuring 90 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), demonstrating moderate mothing and soiling, a 1936