Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice genuine steel construction M34 "Square Dip" Third Reich helmet, outfitted for German WWII Police issue, as they were issued early during NSDAP rule in Germany. Features genuine double decals of a Swas on the right, and a tilted national colors decal on the left. Comes with a complete leather liner with all split pins, though the liner has detached from one pin and is close to detaching from another. The chin strap is intact and still connected to the liner. The liner does not appear to retain any of the three leather "tabs" that would allow attachment of the rear skirt. The liner is marked Size 56.

The exterior of this German helmet retains most of the original black paint, with some chips, scratches, and oxidation spotted across the exterior. The Swas decal is nearly 95% complete, and the National Colors is about 85%, with some scratching and chipping removing small portions. There are no markings on the shell that we could find, which is not uncommon to see on these early police helmets.

There are no holes on top for the mounting of a comb, denoting that this helmet was designed and issued as a Police helmet, not a fire police helmet. 

Despite the liner issues, this is a very nice example with lots of character. Overall a great opportunity to get a truly excellent example of a 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.