Germany, Federal Republic. A French-Speaking Police Officer’s Armband, Early Allied Occupation Period Archive A 1939 Iron Cross Second

A 1939 Iron Cross Second Class

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A Third Reich period “Wehrfähig” badge

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Germany, Federal Republic. A French-Speaking Police Officer’s Armband, Early Allied Occupation Period Archive A 1939 Iron Cross Second(Armband fr einen franzsischsprachigen Polizisten). Constructed of carmine wool, the exterior bearing a hand stitched golden yellow inscription of ON PARLE FRANCAIS (WE SPEAK FRENCH), fastening closed with four metal snap buttons, the interior stamped with an illegible white ink mark, measuring 4 cm (w) x 17. 5 cm (l) when closed and folded on a flat surface, an insignia commonly worn by German police officers during the early post war Allied