German Ordnungspolizei Order Police Zinc EM/NCO Belt Buckle

A nice 1936 pattern, silver washed zinc construction, police NCO’s box belt buckle features a pebbled base field. Large swastika roundel in center with Gott Mit Uns above. Integral catch with separate prongs.

The Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, German: meaning “Order Police”) were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly of power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favour of the central Nazi government (“Reich-ification”, Verreichlichung, of the police). In 1936, Heinrich Himmler, the commander (Reichsführer-SS) of the Schutzstaffel (SS), was appointed Chief of the German Police in the Interior Ministry. The top and upper leadership positions of the Orpo were filled by police officers who belonged to or had joined the SS. Owing to their green uniforms, Orpo members were also referred to as Grüne Polizei (Green Police). The force was established as a centralised organisation based in Berlin uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed police that had been previously organised on a state-by-state basis.