German Polizei Visor Cap 2nd Pattern Late War Zinc Eagle Badge Assmann & Sohne

Single piece, die stamped, silvered zinc, brass round wire prongs on reverse; Marked with stylized A for E. W. Assmann & Sohne, Ludenscheid. Excellent item.

The Schutzpolizei des Reiches or the Schupo was the state protection police of Nazi Germany and a branch of the Ordnungspolizei. Schutzpolizei is the German name for a uniformed police force. The Schutzpolizei des Reiches was the uniformed police of most cities and large towns. State police departments were in charge of protection police, Kripo criminal investigation divisions (Kriminalpolizei), and administrative police. The state protection police comprised a patrol branch, barracked police, traffic police, water police, mounted police, police communications units, and police aviation. Policemen were required to have previous military service, good physical and mental health, Aryan descent and membership in the Nazi Party.