West German Polizei

[Gordon Craig]

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[Gordon Craig]

#10,

[cammobunker]

The cloth and the markings on the pouch.

Very oddly, this PP BLN marked pouch is actually East German! It's the pouch the MpIKm (AK47) cleaning kit came in...and that's not a typical Ossie rag, the NVA issue being more open weave, almost like a net.
That is really, really strange, but it's unquestionably NVA issue, right down to the pigskin flap liner. I've handled dozens of them as a militaria dealer over the years. It's also unquestionably marked the the W.Berlin Police...

[Gordon Craig]

cammobunker,

Interesting comment. I don't know what to make of it either. The PP Bln over GB is the early mark for this polizei organization. In later years they dropped the GB. The more we study the more confusion reins!

Regards,

Gordon

[Klaus1989]

Here are few early Berlin Bepo photos in my collection, that fit with the latest discussion here. I try to focus on BGS, but the photos were good price and show an interesting motive and lighter side of Bepo life. The men appear to try to feed young crow (probably pet or unit mascot) and the let drink from canteen, which it not seem to enjoy and so splash them with water! The bottom photo came with the series and appear at least one of the men shortly after WW2 with other prisoners, DRK nurse and American soldier. So they are also WH veterans...

I assume, that they are from West-Berlin, because they wear the green drillich coveralls with dish buttons, that Berlin Bepo units wore as work and field uniform until adoption of the Einsatzanzug in 1960s. I have only seen the green coveralls once for sale. I assume the blue coveralls were only work uniform and not for field. Caps appear to be blue wool version. Unfortunately no dates, but probably mid-1950s.



Regards
Klaus

[Gordon Craig]

Klaus,

Nice pictures.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Some books also came in this same box of polizei artifacts.

I do not know what the RSt/DEp Sch stands for other than it referres to Schule.

[Gordon Craig]

Note that this book was put out by the Berlin Senate. Here by Der Senator fur Sicherheit und Ordnung. Other books listed are marked from Der Senator fur Inneres. Since West Berlin was not officially part of the BRD the polizei came under the control of the Berlin Senate unlike the states of the BRD who usually came under the control of the Ministry of the Interior.

[Gordon Craig]

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[Gordon Craig]

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[Gordon Craig]

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[Gordon Craig]

#4,
This one is of more interest.

[Gordon Craig]

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[Klaus1989]

Some books also came in this same box of polizei artifacts.

I do not know what the RSt/DEp Sch stands for other than it referres to Schule.

RSt = Revierstation. Sch may not necassarily refer to Schule - Dep Sch could be abbreviation for station location.

Regards
Klaus

[Gordon Craig]

Klaus,

Thanks for filling in the blanks.

Regards,

Gordon