Original WWII German Waffen SS POLIZEI MEMBERS SLEEVE DIAMOND. (Vorigmitglied Polizei Ärmelabzeichen) Certified

Original WWII German Waffen SS POLIZEI MEMBERS SLEEVE DIAMOND. (Vorigmitglied Polizei Ärmelabzeichen) Certified.  The Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), was originally formed in May 1923 as the Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler (Shock Troops Adolf Hitler), and was redesignated Schutzstaffel, (Protection Squad), in April 1925 with the official acceptance of the name verified on the second anniversary of the failed Munich “Beer-Hall” Putsch on November 9TH 1925. On January 6TH 1929 Heinrich Himmler was appointed as Reichsführer-SS, (National Leader {of the} SS), and on July 20TH 1934 shortly after the, June 30TH 1934, purge of the SA, Sturm Abteilung, (Storm Troopers) on the “Night of the Long Knives”, the SS was rewarded by Hitler by being granted the status of an independent organization under direct control of the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party). The wearing of specific, identifying, trade or speciality badges was an old tradition in the German army and was adopted by the SS to distinguish personnel who had successful completed the appropriate course and had achieved proficiency at a particular trade, specialty or function. The Waffen-SS instituted a series of six, former service identification sleeve badges that followed the same basic format of the trade, specialty and assignment sleeves badges. These former service identification sleeve badges were designed to indicate the wearer had served in an approved political, or para-military organization before entering the Waffen-SS. Introduced in 1943, this example was designed for wear by former Police NCO’s serving in the Waffen-SS. Of Note: The RZM, Reichzeugmeisterei, (National Equipment Quartermaster), was official founded in June 1934 in Munich by the NSDAP as a Reich Hauptamt, (State Central Office), and was based on the earlier SA Quartermaster’s Department. The functions of the RZM were not only to procure and distribute items to Party formations, but also to approve chosen designs and to act as a quality control supervisor to ensure items manufactured for the Party met required specification and were standardized. Starting in late 1934 items manufactured for the SS came under the quality control of the RZM and were marked with a RZM/SS approval/acceptance tags. In 1943 the Waffen-SS assumed full control over their uniform item production and no longer fell under the authority of the RZM. Roughly, 65mm tall, 45mm wide, vertical, ribbed, woven black rayon diamond base with a machine woven police eagle encompassed by a vertically oval, oak-leaf wreath in silvery/grey rayon threads. The eagles wings extending beyond the edges of the wreath with a roughly, 35mm wingspan. Complete and nice. near mint! These are the type that came out of Dachau Concentration camp!  100% guaranteed to be authentic with Museum COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). This SS Police eagle  is one of the desirable artifacts from the Third Reich.   DO NOT MISS THIS! OUTSTANDING  EXAMPLE! SS Items are RARE and desirable to collectors and historians!