SS Membership Runes for Order Police
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The SS Membership Runes for Order Police was a badge worn by members of the uniformed order police or Ordnungspolizei
(Orpo) of Nazi Germany
who were also full members of the Schutzstaffel
(SS). The badge was centered on the lower left hand jacket pocket and appeared as two white Sig Rune
s, itself the symbol of the SS.
The SS Membership Runes were the first step in a merger of the Order Police and the SS, with Kurt Daluege
and Heinrich Himmler
both agreeing on a total merger of the SS and Police in Germany. This process was taken one step further in 1942, when all Orpo Police Generals were granted equivalent SS rank and began wearing modified SS-Police rank insignia
.
Ordnungspolizei
The Ordnungspolizei or Orpo were the uniformed regular police force in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1945. It was increasingly absorbed into the Nazi police system. Owing to their green uniforms, they were also referred to as Grüne Polizei...
(Orpo) of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
who were also full members of the Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
(SS). The badge was centered on the lower left hand jacket pocket and appeared as two white Sig Rune
Sig Rune
Sig is the name given by Guido von List for the Sigel or s rune of the Armanen Futharkh, and is also used by Karl Maria Wiligut for his runes.-Nazism:...
s, itself the symbol of the SS.
The SS Membership Runes were the first step in a merger of the Order Police and the SS, with Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege was a German Nazi SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generaloberst der Polizei as chief of the Ordnungspolizei and ruled the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector after Reinhard Heydrich's assassination.-Early life and career:Kurt Daluege, a son of a Prussian state official,...
and Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As Chief of the German Police and the Minister of the Interior from 1943, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo...
both agreeing on a total merger of the SS and Police in Germany. This process was taken one step further in 1942, when all Orpo Police Generals were granted equivalent SS rank and began wearing modified SS-Police rank insignia
Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei
The Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei developed in 1936 after the nationalization of Germany's regular police forces.- Ordnungspolizei Rank Titles :...
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