Original German WWII Municipal Police Oberleutnant Uniform Set - Ordnungspolizei U.S. Artillery and there is light oxidation

and there is light oxidation to most of the other metalwork

which after official service found its way into in the hands of Native American Police Forces

though the blade definitely suffered minor corrosion at some point

so this was most likely issued to a state militia after service

1941 just 4 days after the attack

Original German WWII Municipal Police Oberleutnant Uniform Set - Ordnungspolizei U.S. Artillery and there is light oxidationOriginal 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