TheOrdnungspolizei (German: [ˈɔʁdnʊŋspoliˌtsaɪ]), abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936...
The uniforms andinsigniaofthe Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from theranksofthe Wehrmacht...
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Germany and a branch of Nazi Germany's Ordnungspolizei, formed in 1938 when the German municipal professional fire brigades were transferred to the national...
wore the grey Waffen-SS uniform with army andOrdnungspolizei rank insignia on the shoulder straps, and SS rank insignia on the left collar patch. The right...
military ranks were often used for other uniformed services, the rank was also used by the Waffen-SS andtheOrdnungspolizeiof Nazi Germany andthe Volkspolizei...
Schutzstaffel (SS) since the earliest inception ofthe armed SS units in Nazi Germany. Theranks include distinctive insignia designs worn on the collar at one points...
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railway safety and also with preventing espionage and sabotage of railway property. It was not subordinated to Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei, only the Deutsche Reichsbahn...
Sicherheitspolizei und des SD; KdS) andthe Order Police Command (German: Kommandeur der Ordnungspolizei; KdO). After the establishment ofthe General Government, less...
also tracked down and punished those deemed to be deserters. From 1944 onwards, former members oftheOrdnungspolizei serving with the Waffen-SS, were also...
fill theranksofthe new SS division. These men were not enrolled in the SS and remained policemen, retaining their Orpo rank structure andinsignia. They...
blankets, cooking-equipment, etc. The simple paramilitary insigniaofthe Volkssturm were as follows: Typically, members ofthe Volkssturm received only very...
response, and relief work. From 1936 the TN was gradually absorbed into Ordnungspolizei as an auxiliary police organization and it came under the ultimate...
change of rank insignia shoulder boards from those ofthe Waffen-SS to those oftheOrdnungspolizei. The Gestapo maintained police detective ranks which...
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Main Economic and Administrative Office (WVHA) Ordnungspolizei Hauptamt (Main Office ofthe Order Police) SS Court Main Office SS Race and Settlement Main...
(Officers-Aspirant). Then rank insignia was a gorget patch on the stand-up collar ofthe so-called Waffenrock (en: tunic), and consisted of three white stars on...