German Feuerschutzpolizei Hauptwachtmeister Shoulder Board Set

Nice set of German fire protection police shoulder boards in bright pink wool with well tarnished silver braid with pink Vs. Second pattern, sew on shoulder borders as introduced along with new uniforms in July 1936. Complete with shoulder buttons and two pips each for Hauptwachtmeister.

Feuerschutzpolizei (lit. ’Fire Protection Police’) was a fire police unit in Nazi Germany and a branch of Nazi Germany’s Ordnungspolizei, formed in 1938 when the German municipal professional fire brigades were transferred to the national police. The previously red fire vehicles, blue uniforms and fire service ranks were replaced by green fire vehicles, green uniforms and police ranks.