Polizei
Extremely rare Panzer Police uniform
€8,500.00
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Reference:
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Double-breasted jacket with Major insignias, hand-embroidered collar tabs and arm eagle, numerous decoration loops, military tailor workmanship. Matching breeches. Polizei officer's Mle 43 cap, one-button flap, metal badges, size 56. 2-pin buckle belt. This outfit was brought back from Rijeka in the former Yugoslavia at the end of the 80s. Exceptional museum piece in VGC.
| historical background |
The armored units of the Ordnungspolizei gradually emerged in Germany before and during World War II as part of the increasing militarization of German police formations. Certain police units were equipped with armored vehicles and specialized gear intended for security operations, policing duties, and deployments within occupied territories. These formations were distinguished by specific regulation uniforms and equipment combining police insignia with items adapted for motorized and armored service.
Equipment associated with armored police formations exists in several variations depending on production period, manufacturer, and assignment. Police field-grey uniforms, distinctive headgear, Ordnungspolizei insignia, motorized equipment, and technical gear display manufacturing differences and wartime regulation details. Markings, clothing depot stamps, and original configurations are now important factors in the identification and authentication of items linked to German armored police units.
Within German WWII militaria collecting, items attributed to armored police formations remain particularly desirable due to their relative rarity and their distinctive place within wartime German structures. Advanced collectors focus especially on matching sets retaining original insignia, period markings, and historical consistency corresponding to motorized or armored police assignments. These pieces occupy a distinct place in the study of German paramilitary and police formations from the 1933–1945 period.
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