S006694 WASSERSCHUTZPOLIZEI VISOR CAP EAGLE. (Mützenadler)

BACKGROUND: Shortly after Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), ascended to the leadership of Germany, the police, as with almost all civic organizations, incorporated the new style national eagle and swastika on their insignia. The first pattern police insignia to utilize the new style national eagle and swastika was introduced on April 23RD 1934. 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 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through out the country. One of the new uniform regulations of June 25TH 1936 was the introduction of a slightly modified second pattern police eagle and swastika to replace the first pattern. The police pattern national eagle was worn on all types of headgear including the visor caps, overseas cap and the M43 field cap. The insignia utilized on the visor caps was of metal construction while the insignia on the soft caps was generally machine embroidered or woven. The Police were divided into eight assorted branches of service that included the Wasserschutzpolizei, (Water Protection Police), who were tasked with protecting all inland waterways, ports and harbor installations within Germany. The Wasserschutzpolizei differed from the other police branches of service in that they wore navy blue uniforms as opposed to the police green worn by the other branches of the police and utilized gilt/golden yellow insignia including the visor cap eagles.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Second pattern, police visor cap eagle as introduced on June 25TH 1936 to replace the earlier, (Circa April 1934 June 1936), first pattern cap eagle. The single piece, fire gilted, zinc alloy construction, right facing eagle features out stretched wings and is clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons. The eagle is superimposed on an embossed, vertically oval, oak leaf wreath with the eagle’s wings extending beyond the outer edges of the wreath with a roughly, 55mm wingspan. The eagle and the wreath both have nice high relief detailing. The hollow backed reverse is a mirror image of the obverse and has both of the original, inset, soldered, attachment prongs intact. The reverse is well marked with the embossed, stylized manufacturer’s initial’s/logo," HA", indicating manufacture by Hermann Aurich of Dresden.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $179.00

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