SS Chevron for Former Police and Military

The SS Chevron for Former Police and Military (German: SS-Ehrenwinkel mit Stern für ehemalige Polizei- und Wehrmachtsangehörige) was a prior service qualification badge worn by members of the Nazi Party Schutzstaffel (SS) who had previously served as professional law enforcement, as members of the Reichswehr or members of Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten ("The Steel helmet, League of front-line Soldiers").[3]

1939 photo: Shown left to right are Huber, Nebe, Himmler, Heydrich and Heinrich Müller. The SS Chevron for Former Police and Military is shown Huber's uniform and the Honour Chevron for the Old Guard is shown on Himmler's uniform[1][2]

The SS Chevron was similar in appearance to the Honour Chevron for the Old Guard, but with a darkened center and a silver service pip. Holders of this SS Chevron included Arthur Nebe, who had earned the chevron through prior service as a detective with the Berlin Police Department and Franz Josef Huber who earned his chevron through prior service as a police inspector with the Munich Police Department.[1][4]

Notes
  1. Aronson 1969, pp. 5, 6.
  2. Miller 2015, p. 269.
  3. McNab 2013, p. 88.
  4. Browder 1990, p. 57.

References
  • Aronson, Shlomo (1969). The Beginnings of the Gestapo System. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0878552030.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Browder, George C. (1990). Foundations of the Nazi Police State – The Formation of SIPO and SD. University of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116976.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McNab, Chris (2013). Hitler's Elite: The SS 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-78200-088-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 2. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender. ISBN 978-1-932970-25-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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