Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Em/Nco’s Portepee certificate_of_authenticity succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel)

succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel) wounds to his body and legs (as noted in the War Diary for the 85th Infantry Battalion)

a torpedo that ripped out her forepeak and destroyed the bridge and radio struck Spikenard (the port side bow near the bridge)

being for an Iron Cross 1939

A pair of Third Reich period proficiency badges

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Ordnungspolizei Em/Nco’s Portepee certificate_of_authenticity succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel)(Ordnungspolizei Portepee). An Ordnungspolizei EM NCOs portepee, consisting of a stylized acorn constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire interspersed with green threading, suspended from a rayon strap, with the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered red band flanked by bands of silver aluminum wire, measuring 420 mm in length, with some deterioration of the threading evident, in overall very fine condition.