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Gents, To complement the excellent article on Austrian Model 1916-1918 steel helmets posted by tony v. here is another variation. This is an interesting example of a long serving Police helmet Stahlhelm variation. This helmet started out life as a Model 1916 WWI steel shell Austrian helmet...

Gents, I picked this white EM dress belt up this weekend at a local KCMCC show. It is a private purchase whitened leather belt with the remains of a black felt backing for an enlisted box buckle such as those worn by mounted units. I think it is interesting in that the brass catch is riveted...

Gents, This is a small example of the Prussian Police Tschako worn by the German Sicherheitspolizei and Schutzpolizei in the 1920s. It is made of stiff black material and has a metal police star front plate (with 1921 date) and a metal cockade on top. The front cockade has the black/white...

Gents, I thought I would show a variation Bavarian Infantry Officer sword that I picked up at the Leavenworth Militaria show last weekend. It is a very nice example of a wartime iron hilt Infantry Officer Sword that has a black finished iron hilt instead of the normally seen brass hilt. These...

I just picked up this Hausmutze that was advertised as a, " 'WEIMAR RECHSWEHR 1919 FIELD CAP "CRUSHER CAP'. Very nice condition green wool body 'crusher' hat. Some moth tracking and a couple of 1/16" holes but nothing bad. Inside shows some light soiling from wear and has a Berlin clothing depot...

Well, it is the end of the year so I thought I would post a "Police Headgear Wanted" ad. I am looking for Imperial or Weimar Republic time period Polizei spiked helmets, Polizei soft caps or Polizei uniforms. Specifically, Saxon Polizei Tschakos or Gendarmerie metal helmets. Bavarian...

Gents, I recently picked up a very nice Wurttemberg miniature sword at a local military show that I thought I would show. If you can't find a full size sword this is the next best buy at a show IMHO. The mini Prussian Infantry Officer Degen (IOD) can often be found but this is an example of...

Gents, I picked up an Imperial Prussian ring pommel sword at a local militaria show over the weekend that I thought I would show. This brass P-guard variation sword was made for mounted officers and has a ring on the top of the pommel. This sword is an interesting variation and it is shown...

Gents, I saw the recent post on Medical Doctors and thought I would show a small group of four photos of WWII active duty Policemen that are interesting. One photo shows three active duty WWII Policemen in the East with their truck with the Polizei eagle decal on the door. They are wearing...

Gents, I thought I would show a private purchase (Extrawaffen) Imperial German Model 98 style dress bayonet. This bayonet is styled as the S.98 (Seitengewehr M/98) in German literature. This Extra-Seitengewehr has no bayonet lug attachment nor does it have a muzzle ring so it will not affix to...

Gents, This is an unknown Imperial German tunic made in the form of a double breasted frock coat. It is heavy blue wool with black cuffs and shoulder straps that are piped in light blue. The plain polished (Glatt) gold colored buttons are placed in pairs down the front as well as at the cuffs...

Gents, This is an example of the Saxon Police cap worn by the Landespolizei (LAPO) prior to the adoption of a squat version of the black Police Tschako in the late 1930s. The front cockade has the coat of arms for Saxony and this insignia was worn by municipal police and Gendarmerie prior to...

Gents, It is a bit slow this holiday weekend so I thought I would follow up on my post on Bavarian Landespolizei uniforms with an example of the Imperial Bavarian Gendarmerie uniform. This is a circa 1898 Bayern Gendarmerie Wachtmeister Uniform. This dark green uniform was worn by a...

Gents, Many of the large 1879 (M/79) Reichsrevolvers were issued to Artillery units prior to 1918. Of course they became redundant after the war and were destroyed or went into stores after 1918. The Peoples Militias (Einwohnerwehr) received these revolvers in the aftermath of the armistice...

Gents, I picked up an interesting Feuerwehr (FW) Officer style dagger by Alexander Coppel and I wonder if anyone has seen a big one like this before? It is longer by the length of the nickeled scabbard drag than my standard Alcoso (scales) commonly seen FW Officer dagger. The black leather...

Here is a nice example of a khaki color corduroy cloth Imperial German Colonial Bund uniform. These Colonial Veteran uniforms could have been worn by Schutztruppen or the Polizeitruppe so RKB members could have served in either branch during the war. Of course the piping color determines...

Gents, I thought I would show an Imperial Bavarian Landespolizei Tunic that continued to be worn until circa 1936. This wool twill tunic is made in dark green (Stahlgrunem) with a black collar and narrow green collar tabs. It was worn with black trousers or breeches. It has smooth (glatt)...

Gents, I picked up a nice unmolested German Colonial (Schutztruppen) enlisted belt buckle recently that I thought I would show. Similar to the more common Prussian belt buckle with the crown for the King of Prussia (Wilhelm II), this one has the Imperial Crown indicating Wilhelm as the...

Gents, I would like to show an interesting Imperial German Colonial Officer Sword. This is the so-called (by some) "old style" Colonial sword made in the style of a Prussian Infantry Officer Degen (IOD). The so-called old model is characterized by having the Imperial eagle on the guard face to...

Gents, I thought I would post a Leather Feuerwehr (FW) helmet for a NCO or Officer that I picked up recently. This helmet was made for a generic Fire Department as evidenced by the front Wappen plate. Notice the black leather helmet corpus has a brass comb that usually denotes a Sergeant or...