A Second War Landwacht Police Auxiliary Cap Badge Hold Magnetic - two prongs on

Magnetic - two prongs on reverse and backing cloth are missing

1935 - Cross in Gold

sustained when the Germans detonated a huge mine during operations in the Ypres/Hill 60 sector

He possibly saw service in Gallipoli

A Second War Landwacht Police Auxiliary Cap Badge Hold Magnetic - two prongs onA Landwacht Polizei badge; in stamped silvered zinc; horizontal pin; unmarked; measuring 46 mm x 52 mm; near very fine condition. Footnote: In January 1942 Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Inneren, (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), established the Landwacht, to be utilized in guarding the prisoners of war within the borders of the Greater German