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Edward

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Source? It may well be that some former Nazis slipped into the police force, but no one would seriously claim that this was politically acceptable in any way. These symbols were not in use at the time and are definitely not in use on any official uniforms.

It's fair to say there are myriad symbols that any nation carries across a range of eras, some of which pick up negative associations at some time and another - some fatally so, others temporarily. Some of these older symbols the predated the Reich period have in some shape or form carried forward, others (the Stahlhelm in particular) were dropped after 1945.

Let's not disappear into a rabbit hole and distract from the main thread, but...
 

Turnip

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Source? It may well be that some former Nazis slipped into the police force, but no one would seriously claim that this was politically acceptable in any way. These symbols were not in use at the time and are definitely not in use on any official uniforms.

Artikel 131 GG, especially § 67 or ask for Hans Globke as a starter.
If you like a little more input about German police during and after the war you may follow up with some authors like Christopher Browning, Michael Wildt, Christian Gerlach, Andrej Angrick, Götz Aly, Ernst Klee…

For the symbols: It has been regulated under the „Gesetz über Titel, Orden und Ehrenzeichen“ from 26. Juli 1957 (BGBl. I S. 844) that an Iron Cross for example was allowed to be worn in without nationalsocialistic symbols in full size and as miniature, prerequisite was that legal acquisition could be proven.

According to Edward I’d too would propose to leave it that way.

Bartender Note: Let this reply close the loop so we can return the thread to its original topic - otherwise it will require to be closed, which would be a shame. Thank-you.
 
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red devil

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Glad I found this thread even late, so many things to reproduce! Speaking of which, I saw a repro of this jacket with a few variations when I was in Wildfang

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Tom71

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Got this 1970/80s HARRO Racer.

Was tagged size 54 (which should be a 46 in international sizing), but fits more like a 38 or very slim 40, so it’s gonna be a catch and release.
Will do a post in the Classifieds soon.

Jacket is really cool, so it’s a shame I can’t make it work. These are unobtainium in larger sizes.

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red devil

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Antique Indian Motocycles

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Yes it is a store in Lutz.

We visited it with @Monitor recently as I wanted to pick up my order physically.
Here is the thread:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/wildfang-design-visit.113631/
And their website:
https://www.wildfangdesign.de/

The black jacket is a repro of another jacket posted in here, I will post detailed pictures of it when I take them.
Thank you. I remember these guys. Bought swiss saddle bags from them like 12 years ago. They had plenty of Steampunk styled leather.
 

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