Rural Polizai full uniform

[humble collector]

Hello Gentleman I pulled this uniform set from my modest collection. I've had this set for about 25 yrs or so. If memory serves me correctly I believe this to a later war rural police tunic and trousers belonging to a NCO. The burnt Orange color on the collar tab, piping of the shoulder boards, and very large eagle shoulder patch. It has a tag that is marked NE-24-0 and a maker of Bratislava and a embroidered number in red thread 24/558. To be honest I've not seen a maker marked or tag like this before , and there is also a ink stamp number on the reverse spine of the tunic appears to be 8334. The inside collar is heavily stained and wear holes along with the but pockets of the trousers small in nature. A rather clean but used set looks like OS or DS Hilm Bratislava on the label

[HPL2008]

Those are not maker's marks but inventory stamps of a film studio. Many German uniforms were taken into the stocks of film studios in Czechoslovakia and other formerly occupied countries after the war and eventually sold off.

[humble collector]

Very interesting fact indeed. Thank you Andreas 😊

[humble collector]

It's a shame they didn't clean it any better its heavily odoriferous!

[humble collector]

Besides the collar being in heavily soiled and frayed condition. It's in rather nice condition the cotton twill uniforms seem to hold up rather well

[HPL2008]

As for the uniform itself: It's a Sommerfeldbluse 43 [summer field blouse 43] for an Unterwachtmeister der Gendarmerie. This is not an NCO [Unterführer] rank, but a private [Mannschaften] one.

[humble collector]

I was inclined to think it was a NCO ranking due to the silver border around the collar tabs. Thank you for the clarification

[HPL2008]

I was inclined to think it was a NCO ranking due to the silver border around the collar tabs. Thank you for the clarification

No; this piping was worn by all enlisted/NCO ranks.

[humble collector]

No; this piping was worn by all enlisted/NCO ranks.

Thank you again. BTW you mentioned the Tunis was a Sommerfeldbluse 43 model was he a rural policeman or military police?

[HPL2008]

Thank you again. BTW you mentioned the Tunis was a Sommerfeldbluse 43 model was he a rural policeman or military police?

As I said, Gendarmerie; that's the rural police. (The military police was the Feldgendarmerie.)