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S016965 SCHUTZPOLIZEI DES REICHS MEISTER'S SERVICE TUNIC. (Dienstrock)
BACKGROUND: On June 17TH 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 in July 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. One of the new uniform regulations replaced the previously worn blue uniforms with a new style police green uniform that was utilized, with minor modifications, until the end of the war.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Police green/grey, wool/rayon blend construction service tunic features an eight button front closure with dual metal hooks and eyes at the neck. The left front closure panel and the bottom half of the right front closure panel are both piped in green wool truppenfarben, (branch of service color). The tunic has two, pleated patch, breast pockets and two non-pleated patch hip pockets, all with scalloped button down flaps. The left breast pocket has two horizontal thread loops for wear of an award and also for a ribbon bar. The tunic has simulated French cuffs in mid-brown wool with dual ornamental buttons to the outside sleeve seams and green wool truppenfarben trim to the top edges. The upper left sleeve has a machine embroidered, wreathed police eagle in green truppenfarben with black swastika and eye all on a cut-out, vertically oval police green/grey wool base. The police eagles base is machine stitched to the sleeve in the typical zig-zag fashion. The reverse of the tunic has dual vertical tapering darts and a central vertical tail skirt vent with two belt ramp support buttons to the top edge and an additional two ornamental buttons to the bottom edge. The tail skirt vent has two small ornamentally scalloped vertical panels which are piped in green wool truppenfarben. Sew on shoulder boards are complete. The lay down collar is constructed in the same mid-brown wool as the simulated French cuffs. The reverse of the collar has the typical zig-zag reinforcement stitching. The forward edge of the collar is piped in green wool truppenfarben. The collar has machine woven collar tabs with bright silver/aluminum flat-wire litzen, green branch of service and center stripes and twisted silver/aluminum cord piping. The collar tabs are machine stitched directly to the collar. The interior of the tunic is fully lined in ribbed grey cotton twill with striped white rayon sleeves. All buttons look to be original stitching. Nice maker stamp "Wilhelm Viohl & Co" with a 1942 date. The tunic is roughly size 36".
GRADE **** PRICE $895.00
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