Insignia and Miscellaneous
Uniform items Reproduced from the Doppler
Collection by kind permission
This page has close-up photos of
various Schutztruppe and colonial police insignia and miscellaneous
uniform items.
Please respect the owner's
generosity in sharing these photos with us by not reproducing them
without prior permission.
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to enlarge)
An imperial eagle made in white metal as
worn on the headgear of African Schutztruppe soldiers in East Africa
and Cameroon.
The reverse of the fez (or tarbush) eagle.
A large (2.5cm) white metal button worn on
the collar of the home uniform (and Kord Waffenfrock in South West
Africa) by Schutztruppe NCOs. Schutztruppe collar buttons featured the
imperial eagle as seen here, while regular army NCOs had buttons with
the heraldic device of their home state (eg. Prussian eagle, Bavarian
lion etc).
The reverse of the NCOs collar button.
A pair of officer's Schutztruppe
shoulder straps. Their silver/black and red braid with no pips
indicates the rank of a Leutnant.
The underside of the pair of officers
Schutztruppe shoulder straps shown on the left. The field grey backing
shows they were worn with a grey peacetime home uniform.
An other ranks Schutztruppe shoulder
strap. This one is of noticeably poorer quality with white cotton
instead of officer's silver in the braid.
The underside of the shoulder strap on the
left. The faded white backing suggests it was issued to the East
African Schutztruppe.
A Schutztruppe rank chevron.
The colour has faded and become tarnished over the years, originally
it would have appeared more silver (as with the example on the
Schutztruppe Uniform Details Page). The
single chevron denotes the ranks as Gefreiter.
The underside of the rank chevron. The
chevrons themselves would have been removable and held on to the upper left
sleeve by means of the small hooks seen here.
A pair of other ranks Schutztruppe
trousers from the field grey peacetime home uniform. They are piped in blue
indicating the wearer was stationed in South West Africa.
A close up of the peacetime uniform
trousers.
A collection of brass colonial police
uniform buttons bearing the imperial crown. While most Schutztruppe
wore white metal buttons, police units (Polizeitruppe) were distinguished by having brass
buttons.
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