Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landwacht (Auxiliary Police) Cap Badge United Republic of Runkle was a life-long member

Runkle was a life-long member of the Virginia National Guard

SA-5188 and with them until 15 Feb 1954 when he was SOS

signed in black ink by the company leader

Footnote: The Montenegrin-Ottoman War of 1861-1862 was a war between the Principality of Montenegro and the Ottoman Empire that took place between 1861 and 1862

cerulean blue and ultramarine blue enamels

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Landwacht (Auxiliary Police) Cap Badge United Republic of Runkle was a life-long member(Landwacht Mtzenabzeichen). Constructed of magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing a raised inscription of LANDWACHT, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), in better than very fine condition.