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Decals of the Ordnungspolizei used on various helmets. Ordnungspolizei (Orpo) ranks were based on local police titles and were considered a separate system from the ranks of the SS. If a member of the Order Police was already an SS member or - upon application - became an SS member, he was automatically awarded an SS rank according to his ...
The ordinary uniformed police were called the Ordnungspolizei (order police). Known as the Orpo, the Ordnungspolizei maintained a separate system of Orpo ranks, insignia, and uniforms. It was also possible for SS members to hold dual status in both the Orpo and the SS, and SS generals were referred to simultaneously by both rank titles.
Ordnungspolizei conducting a raid in the Kraków ghetto, 1941. By the time of the invasion of Poland in 1939, the Order Police had reached a strength of 131,000 men. [43] Correspondingly, between 1939 and 1945, the Ordnungspolizei maintained military formations, who were trained and outfitted by the main police offices within Germany. [44]
Uniforms of the New York City Police Department in 1871 A New York City police officer, wearing a custodian helmet, answers a visitor's questions at the corner of Fulton and Broadway in 1899. The navy blue uniforms adopted by many police departments in this early period were simply surplus United States Army uniforms from the Civil War. [4]
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The Wylie Police Department's new uniforms were just named tops in the nation among departments with 51-100 officers by the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors.
Reserve Police Battalion 101 (German: Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 101) was a Nazi German paramilitary formation of the uniformed police force known as the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police, Orpo), the organization formed by the Nazi unification of the civilian police forces in the country in 1936, placed under the leadership of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and grouped into battalions in 1939. [1]
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