Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Wachtmeister NCO's M36 Field Tunic with Award Loops Russian Ordnance Reactivated during the Korean War

Reactivated during the Korean War at Taegu Air Base

probably post war

and there are also cracks running partway through the wrist

the M-1956 canteen cover was not fundamentally different from the earlier models with the exception of the use of two slide keepers in lieu of the M-1910 double hook and metal snaps for closure instead of lift-the-dot fasteners

Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police Wachtmeister NCO's M36 Field Tunic with Award Loops Russian Ordnance Reactivated during the Korean WarOriginal 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