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File:Norway in WW2. Nazi Germany police uniform, April 1941 or after. Revier-Oberwachtmeister Ordnungspolizei, tunic, green police sleeve badge, steel helmet Stahlhelm, shoulder straps. Forsvarsmuseet (Armed Forces Museum) Oslo 2019-03-31 DSC01630.jpg

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English: German police uniform during Germany's occupation of Norway in World War II 1940 – 1945:
  • Ordnungspolizei (Order Police), the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany 1936–1945:
    • Steel helmet (Stahlhelm) with Polizei decal
    • Green tunic (Waffenrock) with four patch pockets
      • Brown pointed turned down collar and two buttoned turned back cuffs
      •    Piping (Paspel, Paspelierung, trimming) in bright green (hellgrün) branch colour (Truppenfarbe) on collar, cuffs and collar patches (hellgrün Farbe der Vorstösse am Kragen, an den Ärmelaufschlägen und Kragenpatten) indicating Schutzpolizei ('protection police') and police general officers. Also the collar patch and shoulderboards were backed, and the sleeve eagle embroidered, in Truppenfarbe, a color-code which indicated the branch of police.
      • Officer's traditional pair of Litzen (Doppellitze, 'double braid') on collar tabs/gorget patches (Litzenspiegel, Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten), green underlay for Schupo
      • Ordnungspolizei rank insignia of Revieroberwachtmeister (Sergeant First Class) of the Schutzpolizei (Schupo, Protection Police), a branch of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, Order Police); one pip on shoulder straps/boards (Schulterklappen/Schulterstücken), green underlay for Schupo (version from April 10th, 1941)
      • Green embroidered police badge (Polizei Ärmeladler, 'police sleeve eagle') on upper left sleeve; The basic design of the Hoheitsabzeichen (national emblem) of Nazi Germany was a eagle-and-swastika, a spread imperial eagle (Reichsadler) over a swastika (Hakenkreuz). The police version was a swastika eagle enclosed in a wreath of oak leaves. This wreathed Polizeiadler ('police eagle') was worn as a cap badge and on the left sleeve by all uniformed police.
    • Uniform belt with police enlisted buckle featuring the Wehrmacht motto Gott mit uns
    • Pistol holster

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Photo taken on March 31st, 2019 at the World War II exhibition at the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway.
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    German WW2 Police Feldgendarm (Stahlhelm etc.), Swastika flag, SS caps, etc. (2019)

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