S00251 SCHUTZPOLIZEI EM/NCO'S OVERSEAS CAP. (Feldmütze) On June 17^TH 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. 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 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. Slightly mottled, police green, wool/rayon blend construction, Schiffchenform, (Boat form), style overseas cap with gently sloping, fold down, scalloped side and back panels. The crown edge and the vertical front center seam are piped in Schutzpolizei des Reichs, (National Protection Police), green wool truppenfarbe, (branch of service color). The cap has a field-grey painted, magnetic sheet metal ventilation grommet to either side situated just below the crown edge. The front center of the fold down panels has a second pattern, (circa April 1936), machine woven police eagle and wreath in white threads on a cut-out woven black rayon base. The eagle is handstitched to the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in ribbed grey cotton twill. The lining has a small white fabric tag with black printed owners name and unit, "Meier Wilh. 4./Untf.-Lehrbataillon", (4^TH Company NCO’s Instruction Battalion), handstitched in place. The lining has no other visible markings. The cap shows small areas of light to moderate nap wear, minor age and usage toning and about a dozen small moth nips. The cap is roughly size 56.

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