Links from my Guestbook
A police officer from Germany shares his collection of Police hats from around the world. www.policehats.de 
Lothar Werner author of the book "Uniformen der DDR" was nice enough to sign my guestbook. www.ddruniformen.de
Disclaimer / Statement:
1. This web site is to share my collection with other collectors. The hats are NOT for sale. The photos and images have been taken/made by me, and may not be used with out my consent.
2. I collect headwear from all agencies and groups of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik . Headwear of the Bundesrepublik. As well as select items from the 1930's and 40's. Any image or photo with an inappropriate political symbol will have that symbol blacked out.
3. I am not affiliated with and I do not support any political or social agenda. This is a collection of hats...

News & Updates:

Jan 22 2010. Added a size chart conversion table.  

Jan 21 2010. Edited for english spelling and typing mistakes, apparently I'm not as  illiterate as I thought... I still need to check the german spelling.

Dec 30 2009. Added a Deutsche Post visor hat. Also a white Vopo and a Red Cross female kappe.

Dec 29 2009. Replaced the old photos with new ones.

Nov 12 2009. Four General's Visor hats added. Two side caps added.

April 28 2009. Two GST Hats, one Navy and a NVA's chef hat added.

Jan. 16 2009. One baseball type nva cap and one police helmet cover added.

 Dec. 12 2008. Reichsbahn fahr schifffahrt - East German State Railway Ferry Service hat and a female Volunteer Fire cap added.

 
               Welcome to my Collection!
Herzlich Willkommen auf meiner Web-Seite!
The intent is to share my collection with others who have the same hobby. At this time there are 90 hats shown. I expect the collection to reach 100-120 items. The collection will mostly be limited to the period of 1968 - 1990.
    1 Police: Mdi, Volkspolizei-Peoples Police.

    2 Transport: Mdi, Transportpolizei-Transportation Police, Hubschraubereinheit-Helicopter Aviation Police, Wassershutzpolizei-Water Protection Police. 

    3 Prison: Mdi, Strafvollzug-Prison Police.

    4 Fire: Mdi, Feuerwehr-Fire Police, Freiwillge Feuerwehr-Volunteer Fire.

    5 Land: NVA, Landstreitkrafte-Ground Forces.

    6 Air: NVA, Luftsreitkrafte-Air Force & Air Defence.

    7 Navy: NVA, Volksmarine-Peoples Navy.

    8 Border Guard: NVA, Grenztruppen-Border Guard, Grenzflieger-Border Guard Aviation.

    9 Customs: Zollverwaltung-Customs, Wasserzolls-Water Customs.

 10 Conservation: Unweltschutz und Wasserwirtschaft-Environmental and Water conservation Police.

 11 GST: NVA, Gesellschaft fur Sport und Technik-Society for Sport and Technology.  

12 Kampfgruppen: Mdi, Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse-Combat Groups of the Working Class.

 13 Red Cross: Rotes Kreuz-Red Cross.

  14 Railway: Reichsbahn fähr schifffahrt-East German State Railway Ferry Service.

 15 Post: Deutsche Post-Postal service.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. My e-mail is george@my-ddr-caps.com. Please sign my Guestbook.  
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