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By 1944, the orpo had also absorbed minor law enforcement agencies such as the postal police, railway security police, water protection police, and even night watchmen who were considered state. Uniforms and insignia of the schutzstaffel blogger. A generic police patch of an embroidered police shield. It was also possible for orpo members to hold dual status in both the orpo and the ss, meaning. The ordnungspolizei abbreviated orpo or, in english, order police, were the uniformed police force in nazi germany. Hand made to exacting specifications of an original pattern by military milliners. Uniforms and insignia of the schutzstaffel military wiki. Police officers, deputy sheriffs and other public safety personnel wear their patches proudly as emblems of their department.
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They became an integral part of the ss and police bureaucracy in nazi germany and were key participants in the conduct of mass murder and atrocities in the occupied areas under german control during world war. This act integrated the regular german police forces in the ss, incorporating all local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Collectible international police patches for sale ebay. Police uniforms forum discuss uniforms, headgear, cloth insignia, and accessories of the german police services. Himmler was named the chief of all german police nominally in that role subordinate to interior minister wilhelm frick on june 17, 1936.
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