Belgian made cloth insignia are often referred to as being "Reitz made"insignia.

The E.Reitz factory however never produced any insignia herself. All insignia that were to beapplied on the uniforms had to be supplied by the customer. In most cases this was the clothingoffice that issued the order for the production of a batch of uniforms. The German Army had manydifferent of these clothing offices ( Heeresbekleidungsamt , Luftwaffe Bekleidungsamt ,Kriegsmarine Bekleidungsamt ) and all the other paramilitary organisations had similar offices too (Todt, NSKK, ...) as did the collaboration organisations.

All of these customers had to deliver the cloth and insignia to the factory. The factory made thedesired uniforms out of them. So it happened that some of these customers ordered their insignia with Belgian companies.

The area around Aalst ( Alost in french) was famous for it's textile production before the war andthey continued to produce during the war and are still doing so today.

One company named "Nominette" produced insignia for police, firefighters and civilian associationswhich were woven in a manner that it shows an almost perfect match with the well known war timeBelgian made cloth insignia. We were able to receive the full history of the company with drawingsand samples, but unfortunately the 4 war time years were - conveniently ? - missing due tobombardments during the liberation of Aalst in 1944.

Conveniently ? Because all companies producing and selling goods for the enemy were accused ofcollaboration and many suffered heavy penalties which often led to bankruptcy of the companyconcerned, not to mention imprisonment of it's leadership. So there is no solid proof, but all factsand the production method of the insignia, point towards this company.