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Tschako for Schützpolizei (not Gendarmerie).   The leather of the chinstrap has been replaced, fittings original. All fittings on Tschako are aluminium.

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The small aluminium loop on the left sidepost is missing. This was for holding the falling white horsehair plume, rarely worn.

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Cockade and eagle (zink) for the peaked service cap
Insignia for the M.43 cap, unused, edge with slight storage damage
Portépée for the officer's sword. Woven textile band, instead of leather, mid to late war from unissued stocks
Steel belt buckle with remains of matt silver finish, some corrosion. As worn by field units.

(to be continued)

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Service dress uniform

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Tunic M.38  Greygreen tricot cloth, dark brown facings piped in light green, buttons aluminium

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Collar detail, close by are two loops for a single decoration

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Shoulder strap detail for lowest rank, Polizei-Wachtmeister

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Arm eagle, Troppau, Sudetenland, after   1. October 1938

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Pocket detail with two loops for a decoration

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Cuff detail, most details are carried over from traditional styles, this being the Saxon type, with a slight deviation

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Hip pockets without centre fold

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Tunic with rear vent skirting in the Saxon style

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A view of the lining

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Stamped: Po and 1939, very little worn condition

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A dressing pocket left hip with slit for sidearm

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Rear vent with two internal pockets, these were for papers, Soldbuch, Wehrpaß, Polizeidienstausweis, etc.

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Polizei Seitengewehr, long.

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Marked S.B. = Schutzpolizei Berlin and issue number 4344, made by F.W. Höller

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Matched numbering

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Landkreis Troppau in Sudeten Region as from 1. October 1938 till May 1945. The entire German population was expelled or deported after May 1945.

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Troppau, the city on an old postcard

Police ranks, Mannschaften/Unterführer

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Polizei-Unterwachtmeister (1) Rottwachtmeister (2)
Polizei-Wachtmeister (3)
Polizei-Oberwachtmeister bzw. Junker (Offiziersanwärter) (4)
Revier- (Bezirks-)Oberwachtmeister und Zug-Oberwachtmeister (5)
Polizei-Hauptwachtmeister bzw. Oberjunker (Offiziersanwärter) (6)
Polizei-Meister (7)

 

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