Question about Police and W-SS overseas cap

[Antonio Scapini]

Hi guys, I have 2 question I'm not able to give an answer:

1) The overseas caps used by the Police are the same used by the SS-Polizei units?

2) The caps used by the SS-Polizei units are the same used by the W-SS?

Thanks for your help.

[Zauberflöte]

Hi guys, I have 2 question I'm not able to give an answer:

1) The overseas caps used by the Police are the same used by the SS-Polizei units?

2) The caps used by the SS-Polizei units are the same used by the W-SS?

Thanks for your help.

Ad 1: Basically yes if you're talking about Ordnungspolizei.
In order to integrate the Police formations even more into the SS, were in the beginning of 1943 all Polizei-Regimenter to be renamed into SS-Polizei Regimenter. Their Orpo uniformes remained unchanged.

Ad 2. No.
See answer under 1. Thus SS Polizei used Polizei caps with Polizei insignia. (The Polizei Division that became the 4. SS-Pol-Panz-Gren-Div. and was fully integrated into the W-SS is a different chapter of course)

Hope this answers your question.

F.

[Antonio Scapini]

Yes, thanks.
I know the evolution of the Polizei-Regimenter, and it's for this that I ask about the overseas caps and uniforms used by these men.

Polizei overseas caps remained Polizei and not the same used by the W-SS.

Thanks a lot.