Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Weimar Area Meister NCO's M36 Field Tunic with WWI Era Medal Bar Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts (markings vary)

(markings vary)

The 6th went to Cuba as part of the 1st Brigade

The main difference is the lack of the catch mechanism on the scabbard and grip

however it was shortened radically

there seldom were horses available

Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Weimar Area Meister NCO's M36 Field Tunic with WWI Era Medal Bar Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts (markings vary)Original Item: Only One Available. The Ordnungspolizei, abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in NSDAP Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organization was absorbed into the NSDAP monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favor of the central government ("Reich ification", Verreichlichung, of the police). The Orpo was controlled, nominally by the Interior Ministry but its executive