SS Polizei questions

[Zeller]

Hi,

I have a couple of questions regarding the SS Polizei regiments and their uniforms.
By looking at period photos, it seems that they mantained Police boards,shoulder straps and eagle as well.
I assume that they were Schupo insignia, with green backing, is that correct? Did they were also other police branch insignias (such as Gendarmerie for instance)?
How about the arm eagle: embroidered green schupo eagle or the gray on green bevo type?
Thanks for your kind assistance here.

[PBR]

Hello Matt,

If I'm not wrong SS-Pol.Rgt. were OrPo's.
Yes, they did mantain all Police inignas: by the way I have pictures of SS-Pol.Rgt. members with green and very light colour (white?) police eagles, most of the times embroided ones.
I don't remember any picture of them with BeVo arm eagles, just BeVo ones for M43 caps: but I can be wrong.
Now that you dig it out, I don't even remember to have ever seen any picture of a SS-Pol.Rgt. Feldgendarmiere member with CT and stuff: I would say that there was no proper FG for those units, for the duty of FG were probably employed normal FG Feld-Polizei units.

Best Regards

[Zeller]

Hello T.K.

thanks for your reply. I think your statement is correct, but both Gendarmerie and Schutzpolizei were branches of OrPo. Hence my question: I am not sure which shoulder boards, tabs and pipings they wear ...green as schupo or maybe also orange as gendarmerie?
Matt

[PBR]

Hello T.K.

thanks for your reply. I think your statement is correct, but both Gendarmerie and Schutzpolizei were branches of OrPo. Hence my question: I am not sure which shoulder boards, tabs and pipings they wear ...green as schupo or maybe also orange as gendarmerie?
Matt

Hello,

Since most of the high ranks of officials of the SS-Pol.Rgte were XXXX d.SchuPo, I would say they used green SB, but since I'm not a SB guy I can't tell you for sure.

Best Regards

[SCHUPO]

It depend entirely upon which unit you are asking about. The W-SS Polizei Div rypically wore police collar litzen and W-SS sleeve eagles but this was all pretty transitional over time. Schuma units wore their own specific swastika sleeve insigna, their own national tri-color sleeve patches, or no sleeve eagle or insignia at all. Police regiments typically wore the police sleeve eagle but in various colors of green/orange/grey depending upon the time.

Shoulder board ranks have similar issues depending upon the specific unit. First, you have to identify the unit.

Show us a picture and we can better answer your question.

[Zeller]

Hello Schupo,
thanks!

Let's take for example the 15. SS-Pol Regiment and the "Bozen" Regiment
Matt

[SCHUPO]

Hi Matt,

Take a look at this concurrent discussion of some similar Pol-Reg photographs with mixed sleeve eagles that may be of "Bozen" or "Pola."

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=316670

[Zeller]

Thanks Schupo,

the thread you indicated is very interesting for me.

By the way, did you see the awesome foto album for 18. Geb.Pol.regiment in Narva and Slovenia? I was wondering which colour of eagle they're wearing too.

In other words, i would like to track down, assuming that it is possible, which Polizei regiment wore green tabs/boards/eagles and which used different colours and why.
Thanks Matt