pre-WW2 Polish KOP Frontier Protection Corps Badge

Soldier’s badge of the Frontier Protection Corps. An elite unit that protected the eastern border of the Republic of Poland with the Soviet Union in the interwar period.

One-piece badge, an oval laurel wreath, in the center a border post with sun rays in the background. The bottom of the badge is topped with a wz.27 crowned eagle below which there is a sash with the inscription “For border service”. The top of the badge is crowned with a round shield with the word KOP – Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza.

Reverse with a visible counter, in the center a visible threaded post. Round brass spinner with the manufacturer “Stanisław Reising, Grawer, Warszawa Niecała No 1. Later green felt material.