German Tag der Deutschen Polizei Tinnie

Rare and early silvered steel badge measures 33mm in diameter. Horizontal pin on reverse. Unmarked.

After the Nazi Party rose to power in 1933, German police forces played a key role in the Nazi program. Although most German police officers were not Nazi Party members, very few of them openly opposed the new regime. Many of the daily duties and responsibilities of German police officers remained the same, but now their work began to further Nazi goals. The Nazi regime relied on the routine work of police to carry out its policies, and German police forces helped implement systems of persecution that over time would lead to genocide.