Original German WWII Fire Protection Police EM-NCO M38 Overseas Cap Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. On June 17TH 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was appointed to the newly created position of Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern (Chief of the German Police in the National Ministry of the Interior), effectively giving him full control of all police agencies within Germany including the Feuerschutzpolizei, (Fire Protection Police). As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force, new regulations were instituted on June 25th 1936 to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country.

This is an excellent condition example of a German WWII Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection police) EM-NCO M38 overseas cap with Karminrot (carmine red) piping which indicates it as being for the Fire Protection police. The overseas cap, nicknamed in German military slang as Schiffchen, or literally “little ship” as it resembled an up-turned row-boat, was standard issue for all military and many of the civic organizations of the NSDAP as well.

This example is constructed of a very nice Navy Blue “doeskin” style wool exterior, with a light blue gray cotton interior. It features a fine BeVo machine-embroidered civic police emblem, with the red-pink Karminrot (carmine red) piping confirming it as for the Fire Police. The cap shows service use and does not have an RZM tag or size stamp. It is roughly size 7 ¼US. Condition of this cap is very good, showing just a bit of light wear and fading to the exterior, most likely from decades of storage. The interior of the cap shows that it was worn a good bit in the field.

A great example of a scarce cap, ready for display.

The Police were divided into eight assorted branches of service with each branch being assigned a specific identifying, Truppenfarbe, (branch of service color), with the Feuerschutzpolizei being allocated Karminrot (carmine red) truppenfarbe, which is close in color to magenta. The Feuerschutzpolizei were further distinguished from the other police branches of service with blue uniforms and headgear instead of the typical police green uniforms.