West German Officer's Bundesgrenzschutz wreath and cockade
A very early set from around 1951.
The cockade still have the German WW2 pattern and we strongly believe that the cockade is a leftover from WW2.
Later the colors changed to yellow/red/black.
Condition is near mint.
It's very hard to find early BGS items.
Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; English: Federal Border Guard) is the former name of a special German Bundespolizei (Federal Police) unit. Established on 16 March 1951 as a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the BGS originally was primarily focused on protecting the West German borders. During their early days, BGS units had military structures, training and equipment. The law enforcement officers legally had military combatant status until 1994. A major part of the early BGS personnel joined the newly founded German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in 1956 and thus significantly contributed to West Germany's rearmament. The BGS was renamed to Bundespolizei on 1 July 2005.
