Water protection police cap eagle?

[BROBS]

Is that what I got for my wife? I believe it is.
I put a dime with it because in the photos it was looking like toned silver.. Which it is not. Certainly gold with a burnished swas.

[THEPOLIZEIMAN]

Yes that is a water police cap eagle!! Nice one!! NJ

[W.Unland]

I know that everything gold is called waterways protection police by dealers, but statistically it has a higher chance of having been intended for use by the traffic police. WSP was mostly officer pay grades, and liked bullion insignia like the navy from which many came. The traffic police on the other hand were 99% NCO grade and would have worn insignia like this.

In any case nice insignia.

Bill Unland

[RonR]

Some gold...........


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[BROBS]

Thanks Bill for the info!
Ron that's some nice gold there!!!

[MarcoPennisi]

Gendarmerie-Bereitschaften (Gendarmerie barracked units) used gold colored eagles on their visor caps as well in 1936-1937.
MP

[Dave C.]

Bill, I agree with you, the most likely and highest probability of use was the traffic police, next of course is water police.

[JoeW]

Gendarmerie-Bereitschaften (Gendarmerie barracked units) used gold colored eagles on their visor caps as well in 1936-1937.
MP

Marco, don't you think those Eagles would have been gold colored 1st models with laurel leaf wreaths? After all, the Gend Motor Bereitschaften were the FJK with the gold police Eagles.

[germanpolice]

buckle was also worn by the wackttrupp bei den strafgefangenlagern im Emsland

[W.Unland]

Say what?

[Dave C.]

I second that! How about some source/period evidence in support?

[germanpolice]

Dave you already read the justice book I supplied a few years back but here it is again. number 4

[JoeW]

I guess I lost track of it too. Searching I find George's (Schupo) reference to the Emsland guards in a buckle thread a few years back. But I couldn't find another conntributor. George dated the regulation to June 1942. I also found where I mentioned that the gold buckle could theoretically be worn for a while by the new Mot. Gend. Bereitschaft before their conversion to regular Mot. Genarmerie colors.

[Dave C.]

Thanks for the reminder. I lost track of that one...

[BROBS]

Glad I could spark such a lively discussion!