German Security Police (Schuma) Officers Arm insignia

A German Security Police (Schuma) Officers Arm insignia, machine woven in silver wire over blue-green rayon cloth centering diamond shaped swastika surrounded by wreath and the motto of the organization - “Treu Tapfer Gehorsam” (Loyal, Brave, Steadfast), 11cm wide x 9cm high

*The Ukrainische Hilfspolizei or the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police was the official title of the local police force established by Nazi Germany during World War II on the Nazi-occupied portion of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; shortly after the German conquest in Operation Barbarossa, it was renamed Reichskommissariat Ukraine. The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police was created by Heinrich Himmler in mid-August 1941 under the control of German Ordnungspolizei in General Government. The actual Reichskommissariat Ukraine was formed officially on 20 August 1941. The uniformed force was composed in large part of the former members of the Ukrainian People's Militia created by OUN in June. There were two categories of German-controlled Ukrainian armed organizations. The first comprised mobile police units most often called Schutzmannschaft, or Schuma, organized on the battalion level and which engaged in anti-Jewish and anti-partisan operations in most areas of Ukraine.