The old Suter's uniforms & stuff

[Dave Suter]

Slight improvement.

[Dave Suter]

Last picture for the day. The combination office/Luftwaffe room still has some re-arranging to do, so no pictures in there yet.

[Dave Suter]

I don't usually post just one item at a time, but I'm making an exception for this one. Thanks to Glen H., I have finally gotten a Panzer Pioniere strap.

Now, if I can just find one for an officer..........

[junior]

Hi Dave,

Do you got an overall picture of the back from the soldier with the Affe?

Thanks in advance,
Junior.

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[Debra James]

bang, thump, slap! That was me falling off my chair!! it has taken me all day in work between calls to look through this entire thread!! It's amazing! I cant stop looking through it, I'm gonna start again tomorrow!!

It's better than looking through a refrence book, gives us new collectors something to aspire to. Thank you for showing us

[Dave Suter]

(Hope your boss doesn't catch you. I'd never look at this site at work - never, that is, if I wasn't the boss and didn't have an office with a door that locks... )

Anyway, Since Jack and Hugh have, at long last, blessed us with the first of the series on the German police, I thought I'd post a few of my police items. It isn't my main collecting area, but (for obvious reasons) it is an area of interest.

I'll post the rarest first - kind of like eating the desert before the main course, but I'm doing it 'cause my friend Dave Cameron really wants this one. I picked it up early in my collecting career and for a long time figured (okay, guessed ) that it was veterinarian, since that was their branch color. I finally leared (from Jack Angolia & Dave) that it is, in fact, TeNo.

[Dave Suter]

For the Schutzpolizei des Gemeinden (Municipal Police). During the war this branch was merged with the Scutzpolizei des Reiches.

[Dave Suter]

For lower rank members of the Wasserschutzpolizei (Waterways Protection Police).

[Dave Suter]

Staying with the Wasserschutzpolizei for a moment, a shoulder board for a Meister (Warrant Officer).

[Dave Suter]

Feldgendarmerie enlisted man.

[Dave Suter]

For an enlisted member of the Hannover Fire Protection Police.

As is obvious, this is not your 'standard' fire police eagle. First off, where are the eagle's legs & feet? And that is one squatty body. Is it 'good'. Well, I don't know. I have no provenence. It's not a recent Pakistani piece, as I've had it for about 20 years. All of the non-officer fake eagles I've seen have been machine-embroidered. This is hand embroidered. I would also think that a faker would do a much better job on the eagle's body - like adding in the feet. The wreath is certainly nicely done. If that was copied correctly, why the huge variance with the eagle? I've also never seen another one like it. If these were being faked, I'd expect that over 20 years I'd have seen another one. My best guess is that this was done by someone's wife or mother. Remember, such 'homey' skills were a lot more prevelent 60 years ago. So, gun-to-head guess is original - but I wouldn't bet my retirement on it.

[Dave Suter]

Only one like this I've ever seen. In addition to the orange border it has a white cheesecloth-like backing. No idea what it was used for.

[Dave Suter]

Standard officer's hand-embroidered sleeve eagle.

[Dave Suter]

Another officer's eagle, this time for the Fire Police, as denoted by the black swastika.

[Jurryt]

VERY nice collection dave!