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Berlin Police, cca 1970 TeNo used special colar tabs on their uniforms, when received police uniforms they used SS-like collar tabs with grade insignia on both of them. All TR era police forces used collar patches with Mittelspiegeln & Aussenspiegeln in the same color, this one posted has Mittelspiegel black & Aussenspiegel white...

Yes, but that photo was probably taken without flash - text accompanied described those collar patches as velvet, wine red. Interesting is, that there is place for pips, which weren't added -it seems that those shoulderboards were not finished. I remember I recognized them as Rural Police General's "Muster" piece.

Here is photo mentioned above:

I believe I found it: VP-Anw?rter - 4 Baumwollplattschn?re, dunkelblau, ohne weitere Kennzeichnung, auf dunkelgr?ne Tuchunterlage. (Klaus Walther: Uniformeffekten der bewaffneten Organe der DDR, Spezialkatalog, Band I - Ministerium des Innern 1949-1990, pg. 12) 1993 (1st) Edition, price listed: 17,- DM :cheeky:

Several years ago, someone from Germany posted me photo of this General collar patch - I remember this was very dark "wine" red. Color looks more as Gemeinde than Feuerwehr. IN that times I had no access to UM and I thought it is "Muster" of Gemeindepolizei patch, never instituted. I try found this pic somewhere on my HDs, but (after several HD crashes) I'm not very optimistic with it. To Ernst answer.: Yes, he is right with FSP, but as to FFW etc. I never found any article in RMBliV about instituting of it first after war (but I haven't RMBlIV from 1944 & 1945) To PaulR: Have You on your DVD first several UMs from 1943? I mean UM, not DUZ No 1-2 dated May 31st, 1943! After my knowledge there was at least one number of UM issued in 1943 before UM & SuS were merged to DUZ...

Badge #5 is "Vzorn? jednotka" (exemplary squad) used for conscripts of exemplary squads from ca 1970 in Czechoslovak People's Army

Two more questions: 1) What color is the underlay? Dark green? 2) What material is the underlay? Wool? Thnx

This is Feuerschutzpolizei helmet (due to insignia & padding). Chinstrap shown on photo maybe original to this item (more detailed photo would help)