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WW2 German Nazi WAFFEN SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division pennant flag RARE

WAFFEN SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division pennant flag original

WW2 German Nazi WAFFEN SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division pennant flag RARE

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WW2 German Nazi WAFFEN SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division pennant flag RARE

was probably washed and got discoloured a bit.
very rare to find

with metal hangers still on it
large pennant, see last photos

The division was formed in October 1939, when thousands of members of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo) were drafted to fill the ranks of the new SS division. These men were not enrolled in the SS and remained policemen, retaining their Orpo rank structure and insignia. They did not have to meet the racial and physical requirements imposed for the SS. Himmler's purpose in forming the division was to get around the recruitment caps the Wehrmacht had succeeded in placing on the SS, it also provided a means for his policemen to satisfy their military obligation and avoid army conscription.

The first commander was Generalleutnant der Polizei (Major-General) Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, a career police commander who had been a general staff officer during World War I; simultaneous with his appointment he was also commissioned as an SS-Gruppenführer. The division was equipped largely with captured Czech materiel and underwent military training in the Black Forest combined with periods on internal security duties in Poland.

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