Hello - I have what I believe to be a Schutzpolizei tunic, and was wondering if anyone could give me more information on it without a photo.

TUNIC:
* COLOR: Police green with dark brown collar and cuffs.
* PIPING: Light green.
* COLLAR TABS: Medium green and silver, with twisted silver piping.
* SHOULDER BOARDS: Plain unpiped sewn in, green uniform color, with twin silver cords with diagonal brown stripes, wrapped around boards 1 inch from shoulder end.
* BUTTONS: Pebbled aluminum.
* POCKETS: 2 upper pleated with scalloped flaps and buttons.
* POCKETS: 2 lower unpleated with scalloped flaps and buttons.
* SLEEVE EAGLE: Light green police eagle with black swastika, left side.
* 8 button front, 2 buttons on each cuff.
* 4 button fancy split/piped rear, top buttons accept belt.
* Marked "Po 1940" and "Mohr & Spe(yer?), 45 98 69, and 76 86 40.

Also:
* Would a green and dark brown other ranks police tschako display properly with this tunic?
* What color (belt, police bayonet scabbard, pistol holster) is appropriate?

All comments are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you!
Dan

Dan,

Sounds like a Schupo M36 tunic form your description...I think. Take a look at the Schutzpolizei Uniforms thread pinned at the top of the forum.

Correct tschako visor & top color would be black. Same with belt, holster and bayonet frog/scabbard..all black. Hope that helps.

Dave - Thank you for the information. I thought I lucked out with the brown trimmed tschako, which I bought separately. I assume that the correct tschako should have a GREEN body with black visor, top and chinstrap. Any idea of the rank?

Dan

Dan,

Sounds like it could be Meister. Are there brown and silver cords crossed in the middle?

I would post a picture, although once again this forum is being a problem with uploading photos. Really frustrating...

Lets try this way, see page 2 of the linked thread, posts 2 & 3...does that look like the one?
http://daggers.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1653059744/m/8840001694/p/2

Dave - Yes, the tunics are basically the same in color and cut. The differences are:

1) My eagle has no town name or different edgeing color.
2) The cloth on my tunic seems to be a heavier quality.
3) And probably most important, my shoulder boards are much plainer, with no piping. The boards do have two silver cords however, about the thickness of a pencil, sewn together and crossing the boards from front to back. They in turn have very narrow brown lines crossing at a 45 degree angle, forming "V"s where they meet in the middle. These silver cords are abou 1 inch in from the shoulder edge of the board.

Dan

Dan,

I was only talking about the rank strap in my previous post and trying to reference an example in the linked thread...sorry about the confusion.

I'm still unable to load a picture, wonderful forum performance and they wonder why participation is slow...

Anyhow, would you have a picture you could email? If so, my email is [email protected]