Original German WWII Bahnschutzpolizei Railway Protection Police Zugführer’s M36 Greatcoat with Eagle & Shoulder Boards German Flare Guns The badge shows some wear

The badge shows some wear and staining

however the hilt is loose on the tang

After the German defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch)

Collins”

indicating that they were hand-honed rather than machine-honed

Original German WWII Bahnschutzpolizei Railway Protection Police Zugführer’s M36 Greatcoat with Eagle & Shoulder Boards German Flare Guns The badge shows some wearOriginal Item. Only One Available. Bahnschutzpolizei (BSP) (Railway Protection Police) in Germany was made up of full time and part time police officers who were employees of the Reichsbahn (state railways). The Bahnschutzpolizei was tasked with railway safety and also with preventing espionage and sabotage of railway property. It was not subordinated to Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei, only the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The BSP was founded in 1939 after a merger