Kriegsmarine Marine Küstenpolizei Cuffband

[Gordon Williamson]

After several years of searching, finally picked up one of these to replace the one I foolishly sold long time ago, thanks to Jan Arne tipping me off about one for sale over in Norway.

[Gordon Williamson]

The interesting thing about these, and something you'd never realise when just looking at a photo of the band itself, is its very narrow width. You need to see it against a regular width cuffband to realise its small size.

Thankfully, although a few copies of these have emerged, they are not particularly accurate so they are a reasonably safe buy, for now at least, IF you can find one.

[Jan Arne S]

Hi Gordon !

Great that You got this Marine Kustenpolizei Cuffband .

And it is in great condition .

Jan Arne

[Norm F]

Hi Gordon,

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

I presume these go with the shoulder straps you posted here?

Would these police be from standard Navy personnel or would they be recruited into Navy positions from a civilian police force?

Best regards,

---Norm

[2dresq]

Very nice.

Congrats on your pick up!

Regards,

2dresq

Justin

[Gordon Williamson]

Hi Gordon,

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

I presume these go with the shoulder straps you posted here?

Would these police be from standard Navy personnel or would they be recruited into Navy positions from a civilian police force?

Best regards,

---Norm

Yes. You can see both the straps and the cuffband on this shot.

The original tranche of personnel to set up the Marine Küstenpolizei came from the civil Wasserschutzpolizei, and in the same way those transferred from the Motorisierte Gendarmerie to help form the Feldgendarmerie initially wore their police uniforms for a short period, so the ex Wasserschutzpolizei personnel wore their WSP uniforms before changing to KM issue dress.

[Norm F]

Yes. You can see both the straps and the cuffband on this shot.

The original tranche of personnel to set up the Marine Küstenpolizei came from the civil Wasserschutzpolizei, and in the same way those transferred from the Motorisierte Gendarmerie to help form the Feldgendarmerie initially wore their police uniforms for a short period, so the ex Wasserschutzpolizei personnel wore their WSP uniforms before changing to KM issue dress.

Thanks very much Gordon for this historical perspective. The breadth of your research is formidable! So in this photo it seems to be a KM issue blue uniform; is that insignia of the national symbol on the upper arm specific to the MKP or the WSP? And does it replace the standard left breast insignia or is it in addition to...?

Cheers.

---Norm

[Gordon Williamson]

Thanks very much Gordon for this historical perspective. The breadth of your research is formidable! So in this photo it seems to be a KM issue blue uniform; is that insignia of the national symbol on the upper arm specific to the MKP or the WSP? And does it replace the standard left breast insignia or is it in addition to...?

Cheers.

---Norm

The sleeve eagle is identical to that worn by the WSP, but the standard KM breast eagle was also worn at the same time, just as Army Feldgendarmen wore both the Gendarmerie sleeve eagle and Heer breast eagle at the same time.