Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police NCO's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Alkero - size 54 ½ Price_$-00 - $30 After the outbreak of the

After the outbreak of the war the competition was renamed

and are intended to be carried tucked into one of the wearer's knee socks

The American public became aware when it was covered in an August 1942 issue of the American Infantry Journal

Wisconsin Avenue  in Milwaukee

Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police NCO's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Alkero - size 54 ½ Price_$-00 - $30 After the outbreak of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Ordnungspolizei, abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in NSDAP Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organization was absorbed into the NSDAP monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favor of the central government ("Reich ification", Verreichlichung, of the police). The Orpo was controlled, nominally by the Interior Ministry but its executive