Germany, Postschutzpolizei. A Rare Wartime Studio Portrait Of A Zughauptführer With Dagger Auction Archive Fabricated from a thick olive

Fabricated from a thick olive green webbed cotton

Crossguard with quillon and pommel exhibit light contact

1769 - September 14

A 1917-1918 Austrian Order of the Iron Crown

He is documented as having fought in the South African campaigns of the late 1870s

Germany, Postschutzpolizei. A Rare Wartime Studio Portrait Of A Zughauptführer With Dagger Auction Archive Fabricated from a thick oliveA rare photo of a member of the Postschutzpolizei (Postal Protection Police), who were tasked with securing the postal, telephone, and telegraph system. The man in the picture can be identified by his collar tabs and shoulder straps as a Zughauptfhrer (6th highest rank, out of 12). On his left arm he wears the Postschutz Enlisted Mans Sleeve Eagle. Note the Postschutz dagger, which was commissioned in 1939. He also wears a Hindenburg Cross ribbon. The