Police officer portraits show thread

[Gerd W.]

I was able to add this Kommissar and old fighter to my collection!

[Gerd W.]

New addition!!

...same source, but Polizeiinspektor!

Very unique shoulder boards, as they look similar Hauptmann Schutzmannschaft

[SiPo]

Great whiskers

[Gerd W.]

A Prussian Polizeipresident

However, he´s not a Polizeipresident in real life (but the uniform seems to be real)

The postcard shows the Austrian actor Joseph Gieampietro (1866-1913)

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Some very nice pics in this thread. Thanks for posting.

I would have found it helpfull if TR and non-TR both had their seperate threads.

[Gerd W.]

it´s time

[Beersheba4thLH]

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[Hundestaffel]

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[Gerd W.]

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Interesting to see the 40 years "evolution" of the Schäferhund

[Gerd W.]

6 1/2 years looking after this thread, 730 replies and more than 100.000 views............

....at least take these guys

Schutzmannschaft Berlin before 1898 (Helmet symbol without Bandeau)

[SiPo]

Time flies when you're having fun.

[Dave C.]

Gerd, It seems like it wasn’t all that long ago when you started this thread but sure enough, it was June of 2008. How time flies.

When a person seriously looks at it, this thread has turned into one amazing collection, study, & history of polizei uniforms, especially of the pre-Reich era! Where else does one find this! Well done and what a superb collection you have

[Gerd W.]

I noticed, that I have to bring 2015 more "foreign flair" in this thread.

...in the meantime I still wait for all those thousends TR related Police portraits you have in your collections to show!

However, foreign flair.........from 1871 to 1918 Elsass-Lothringen became part of the German Kaiserreich. In Germany called "Reichslande". Very complicated history over more than thousend years. To tell long things short, E.-L. was 47 years part of the Kaiserreich.

The organisation/uniforms of the Police forces were very close to the Prussians. Normally only the coat of arms were different (Kaiser eagle ./. Prussian eagle)

First a member of the Schutzmannschaft located in the Reichslande (btw. most members came out of Berlin!)

[Gerd W.]

They had a so called Reichsgendarmerie

[Gerd W.]

.....back to the roots

with a seldom seen Prussian Police officer wearing a walk out coat