Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Shako Plate, by Christian Theodor Dicke Archive with minor flecking of enamels

with minor flecking of enamels evident

it states that he had been gassed and suffered gun shots wounds to the head and right arm

but were primarily employed as an anti-partisan force operating on land

exhibiting wear points on the lions' faces

reverse centrepiece inscribed "A

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Shako Plate, by Christian Theodor Dicke Archive with minor flecking of enamels(Adler fr Tschako). Constructed of a silvered aluminum alloy, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with two threaded screw posts for shako attachment, maker marked with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke, Ldenscheid, measuring 160 mm (w) x 80 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish, in extremely fine condition.