Hello,

The question how to tell the difference between an army Feldgendarmerie sleeve eagle and a civil police Gendarmerie sleeve eagle often comes up.

The answer, of course is the color of the backing cloth. The eagles themselves are identical, embroidered in orange thread. The difference is only the field green backing of the army eagle as shown on the right below, and the bluish green of the police eagle on the left. Very subtle difference indeed.

Regards,
William Unland

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