Original German WWII M34 Square Dip NSDAP Double Decal Civic Police Steel Helmet – Ordnungspolizei Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a nice genuine steel construction M34 “Square Dip” Third Reich helmet, outfitted for German WW2 civic police issued. Features genuine double decals of civic eagle and NSDAP swas. Comes with complete leather liner and cork washers still intact with all split pins, though this is definitely a helmet that saw a lot of service, so the liner is a bit loose in the shell. Leather chin strap is intact, but has some splits, and is fitted with a private purchase German marked snap buckle.

The exterior of this German helmet retains almost all of the original black paint, with some small chips and scratches, and overall wear and speckling. It does look to have been refinished at some point during the war. The NSDAP decal is about 85% complete, with some small chips and scrapes, and the civic eagle is about 50%, with quite a bit of wear that has scratched off the top layers. There is also a (Lion Logo)/ D.R.P. / THALE stamp ;next to a large letter A on the rear skirt, indicating production by the Eisenhüttenwerke, Thale factory. There is also a bit of the logo above the markings visible. The size stamp is still visible on the liner, 57.

Overall a great opportunity to own a nice service worn WW2 Civic Police helmet. Ready to display!

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 N government (“Reich-ification”, Verreichlichung, of the police). The Orpo was controlled, nominally by the Interior Ministry but its executive functions rested with the leadership of the SS until the end of World War II. Owing to their green uniforms, Orpo were also referred to as Grüne Polizei (green police). The force was first established as a centralized organization uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed police that had been organized on a state-by-state basis.

The Ordnungspolizei encompassed virtually all of NSDAP Germany’s law-enforcement and emergency response organizations, including fire brigades, coast guard, and civil defense. In the prewar period, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, and Kurt Daluege, chief of the Order Police, cooperated in transforming the police force of the Weimar Republic into militarized formations ready to serve the regime’s aims of conquest and racial annihilation. Police troops were first formed into battalion-sized formations for the invasion of Poland, where they were deployed for security and policing purposes, also taking part in executions and mass deportations. During World War II, the force had the task of policing the civilian population of the occupied and colonized countries beginning in spring 1940.