Description
Very nice, unissued SS-Schuma Sicherheitspolizei (Internal Security Police) large sleeve insignia, machine-woven BeVo construction in silver on blue-green rayon cloth. The insignia depicts a canted swastika in the centre surrounded by ith the inscription “Treu Tapfer Gehorsam” (Loyal, Brave, Steadfast) within a wreath of oak leafs.
Note – Schutzmannschaften, abbreviated as Schuma) was the collaborationist auxiliary police of native policemen serving in those areas of the Soviet Union and the Baltic statesoccupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel(SS), established the Schutzmannschaft on 25 July 1941, and subordinated it to the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei; Orpo). By the end of 1941, some 45,000 men served in Schutzmannschaft units, about half of them in the battalions.
