Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Oberwachtmeister NCO's Late Pattern M36 Field Tunic - Dated 1944 British Machine Guns The upper barrel band has

The upper barrel band has a great regimental marking: B

It shows only light wear to the paint

Of course the Germans also adopted it and there it is referred to as the "BLEUCHERSABEL"

It is very similar to the Springfield M1871 Licensed design

and the butt stock spine has rack number 64 stamped

Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Oberwachtmeister NCO's Late Pattern M36 Field Tunic - Dated 1944 British Machine Guns The upper barrel band hasOriginal 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