A Second War Landwacht Police Auxiliary Cap Badge Hold the accent lines which run

the accent lines which run along the border of the lower pommel and backstrap are deeply engraved and well defined

1935 - Cross in Gold

he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps: Cape Colony

He possibly saw service in Gallipoli

Magnetic - two prongs on reverse and backing cloth are missing

A Second War Landwacht Police Auxiliary Cap Badge Hold the accent lines which runA Landwacht Polizei badge; in stamped silvered zinc; horizontal pin; unmarked; measuring 46 mm x 52 mm; near very fine condition. Footnote: In January 1942 Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Inneren, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), established the Landwacht, to be utilized in guarding the prisoners of war within the borders of the Greater German