Recently I've been asked to look at 1st pattern police brocade that has me a bit stumped, so I have ask to post pictures here to see if someone else might have some input on the markings, construction, etc.
This is another one of those 1st pattern police brocades that has the silver sliders but this one has a stamping on the leather tongue with an M & eagle/swastika & RE below that. Seems like I've seen this marking possibly discussed before but I don't recall where offhand. Other noticeable details include the darker catch and the darker green backing material.
Some thoughts being these examples with silver sliders are manufacturers variation unique to a single maker, postwar assembled from original parts for the souvenir market, and made for other organization uses.
This is another one of those 1st pattern police brocades that has the silver sliders but this one has a stamping on the leather tongue with an M & eagle/swastika & RE below that. Seems like I've seen this marking possibly discussed before but I don't recall where offhand. Other noticeable details include the darker catch and the darker green backing material.
Some thoughts being these examples with silver sliders are manufacturers variation unique to a single maker, postwar assembled from original parts for the souvenir market, and made for other organization uses.
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