Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Emil Voos certificate_of_authenticity with a barrel hinge and

with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

marked “RAD”

with a Prussian royal crown on the upper arm and an initial institution date of “1813” on the lower arm

Footnote: This badge is illustrated on page 22 of "Eagles Recalled" by Warren Carroll

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Dress Sword, By Emil Voos certificate_of_authenticity with a barrel hinge and(Ordnungspolizei Schwert fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Ordnungpolizei Officers dress sword, measuring 102 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 84 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and unspoiled edges. A fuller runs approximately two thirds of the top edge of each side of the blade. The obverse ricasso bears a makers mark of EMIL VOOS, SOLINGEN, flanked by the firms classic snake and