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German Nazi military Police Shako silver Alum' lobster tail hat…
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Sydney
Date:
30-Nov-2012
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German Nazi military Police Shako silver Alum' lobster tail hat the origins of the distinctive Shako has been somewhat shrouded with the passing of time with some military historians accrediting the French with its development in the 1780's, based on the design of the civilian top hat, while others acclaim that it was based on the Austro-Hungarian or Bavarian Casquette headgear that was introduced at roughly the same time. It is known, however, that the Shako was originally adopted by the Prussian army as a experimental model in 1801 and was the standard headgear utilized by J§ger and Sch¦tzen personnel during the Napoleonic Wars. The 1801 pattern shako went through numerous modifications and in March 1854 a new pattern was officially adopted by J§ger and Schnelle Truppen, (light Infantry and Mobile Troops). Further minor modifications to the Shako occurred in 1860, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1897, and 1915. on June 17th 1936, Reichsf¦hrer-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. 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. One of the new dress regulations introduced a slightly modified version of the Shako for wear by all civil police personnel with minor variations. The minor variations included brown vulcanfibre Shako fittings for either Gendarmerie, (rural Police), or Polizeibeamten, (Police officials), personnel and black vulcanfibre Shako fittings for the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police), the Schutzpolizei, (Protection Police), and Gemeindepolizei, (Local Municipal Police). Nco ranks utilized the appropriate colored leather chinstraps while officers ranks of Polizei-Leutnant up to Polizei-Oberst utilized silver/aluminum 'Lobster Tail', chinstraps and Generals ranks of Generalmajor to Generaloberst der Polizei utilized gilt 'Lobster Tail', chinstraps the police had no fewer then seven forms of dress and the Shako was utilized with the service dress, the Parade dress, although the visor cap could also be worn, and the dress for court although the Shako wasn't actually worn in the courtroom. of note: Police officers holding the rank of Polizei-Leutnant to Generaloberst der Polizei were responsible for purchasing their own uniforms and headgear and could purchase them through the SS-Kleiderkasse, (Clothing Account), system which was originally established in Munich in 1935. The officers were allotted a one time clothing allowance from the government with the amount varying depending on the individuals rank. The ranks of Polizei Unterwachtmeister to Polizei-Obermeister were issued their uniforms and headgear although they could also choose to purchase privately tailored items of higher quality although the price May have been restrictive.
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Militaria & Weapons: Headwear