German Police Combined Cloth Cap Eagle & Cockade Insignia
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SKU: 52.GOR.03.01.02.003.000
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Constructed of field-grey rayon, the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered BeVo-style Ordnungspolizei insignia and tri-colour cockade, unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), in unissued and extremely fine condition.
During the Third Reich, an effort was made to unite all of Germany’s disparate provincial police forces and agencies into a single cohesive national unit. To attain this goal, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was named Chief of the German Police in the Ministry of the Interior in June 1936. That same month, Himmler implemented new standardized uniforms, headgear, and insignia. The uniforms worn prior to Himmler’s appointment were often navy blue, particularly in what had been Prussia. The new uniforms were green, in a shade that was then dubbed “Police green”.
The German Police were divided into two main units, the Ordnungspolizei (Orps or Regular Police) and the Sicherheitspolizei (Secret Police); the Ordnungspolizei were unofficially called the green police (Grüne Polizei) as a result of their uniform colour. The Sicherheitspolizei were made up of two main organizations, the Gestapo and the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Investigation Police). At the beginning of the Second World War, the Sicherheitspolizei were brought under the auspices of the Reich Main Security Office.
The Police combined cloth cap insignia features the regular police eagle insignia below a national cockade on the same piece of cloth backing. The backing is in the shape of an irregular hexagon. The insignia is machine-embroidered.
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