A Set Of German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant Shoulder Boards Auction Archive Chief of Police Ernst Pöhner

Chief of Police Ernst Pöhner introduced him to Adolf Hitler

Iron Cross Seond Class - 1957 Issue - Silvered metal and black paint

Bronze gilt and enamelled miniature insignia

prompting the Croatian authorities to complain to the Germans and finally to Hitler personally

gilt eagle riveted to a pebbled field surrounded by a full wreath of oak leaves

A Set Of German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant Shoulder Boards Auction Archive Chief of Police Ernst PöhnerA very fine matching pair of third reich period German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant shoulder boards; constructed of four rows of twisted grey cords on a white core; wrapped in a U shape in a chevron formation; the underside is constructed of orange wool that protrudes past the edge of the shoulder boards, giving it an orange Waffenfarbe; with a single gilded bronze rank pip attached to the shoulder boards; measuring 109 mm x 35 mm; in overall near mint