Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Schutzpolizei Officer’s M44 Field Blouse, by Spiesshofer & Braun

(Schutzpolizei Feldbluse M44 für Offiziere). An extremely well-preserved Schutzpolizei M44 field blouse, constructed of police-green wool. It features a turned-down collar which is flanked on each side by tabs constructed of green wool with buckram cores, and topped by dual silver aluminum wire insignia, both measuring 40 mm (w) x 70 mm (l). Each shoulder is topped by an integral wool loop at the outer edge and by a pebbled zink button on the inner edge for the accommodation of boards. The cuff of each sleeve features a vertical slit with an interior bakelite button meeting two hidden buttonholes for an adjustable fit. Stitched onto the upper left arm is an insignia consisting of a police-green wool backer bearing a silver aluminum wire Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed black mobile swastika. The eagle insignia measures 80 mm (w) x 75 mm (h) overall. Two non-pleated pockets are set into the breast flaps, and both closed with horizontal flaps perforated with reinforced buttonholes meeting pebbled buttons. It closes with six pebbled buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left. A partial grey rayon liner surrounds the armpits and transitions into two breast pockets, each constructed of an olive-drab rayon cloth and closing with a single bakelite button. Stamped onto the left flap is a Reichsbetriebsnummer of “0/0794/0021” indicating manufacture by Spiesshofer & Braun, Heubach, above size dimensions. The blouse measures approximately 43 cm across the shoulders, with an arm length of 54 cm, and an overall body length of 56 cm. Demonstrating only minor material fatigue to the wire elements, this late-war and maker-attributed example remains in an extremely fine condition.