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Original German WWII Named Fire Protection Police EM/NCO Schirmmütze Visor Cap - Marked Deutsche Arbeit

Item Description

Original Item: Only One available. This is an excellent condition Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police) NCO/EM Schirmmütze Visor Cap, which is both named and size marked 58 on the interior (size 58cm or US size 7). The cap has a very nice condition oilcloth crown lining, which has a fully celluloid diamond on the top. The markings can still be read:

(Eagle Logo)
Deutsche
Arbeit

This is a high quality German made cap, which is most likely intended more for an NCO than an enlisted man. It is fabricated from very dark navy blue worsted wool cloth, with wide black velvet cap band, plus two rows of saddle carmine red (karminrot) color piping around the circumference. This is the Protection Police Truppenfarbe (troop color) for the Fire branch. It no longer has a crown stiffener.

Cap is decorated with the correct insignia, including the Ordnungpolizei wreathed eagle on the band, with the classic metal Tri-color cockade above, still bearing its red felt insert. Both are in great shape, with the cockade having a love tarnished patina, and the eagle still has both retaining clips, so it is attached firmly.

The vulcanfibre visor has a smooth black leather-look upper, exhibiting light wear along the edge and is brown on the underside. The top shows a lovely pattern of find crazing and checking due to age. The sweatband is high quality leather with areas of wear present as well as tearing where the two ends were pinned together. The lining as you can see from the photos is torn in areas, mostly the front which exposes the prongs of the cap badge.

An excellent example of the very colorful Fire Police visor cap with some great research potential, ready to add to your collection!

More on the Fire Protection Police:
On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany including the Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police). As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted on June 25TH 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. The Police were divided into eight assorted branches of service with each branch being assigned a specific identifying, Truppenfarbe, (branch of service color), with the Feuerschutzpolizei being allocated carmine truppenfarbe. The Feuerschutzpolizei were further distinguished from the other police branches of service with blue uniforms and headgear instead of the typical police green uniforms.

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