The ranks and insignia of the ''

Ordnungspolizei The ''Ordnungspolizei'' (), abbreviated ''Orpo'', meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organisation was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction ...

'' were developed in 1936 after the nationalization of Germany's regular police forces.

''Ordnungspolizei''

'' (Orpo) ranks were based on local police titles and were considered a separate system from the ranks of the SS. It was also possible for Orpo members to hold dual status in both the Orpo and the SS, meaning that two ranks could be held simultaneously. In the case of Orpo generals, equivalent SS rank was always held in which case the Orpo general would be addressed by their SS rank first, followed by their police titles (for example: SS-''Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei''). In 1944, all Orpo generals also gained equivalent ''

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

'' rank so that, in the event of capture by the Allies, the Orpo general would hold status as a military officer instead of a police official. Orpo personnel who were also members of the ''

Allgemeine-SS The ''Allgemeine SS'' (; "General SS") was a major branch of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed by the SS Main Office (''SS-Hauptamt''). The ''Allgemeine SS'' was officially established in the autumn ...

'' were authorized to wear an embroidered SS '' Sigrunen'' patch on the breast pocket.

''Ordnungspolizei'' rank insignia

In addition to collar and shoulder insignia, ''Ordnungspolizei'' also wore the wreathed police eagle on the upper left sleeve. The collar patch and shoulderboards were backed, and the sleeve eagle (below the rank of ''Leutnant'') embroidered, in ''truppenfarbe'', a color-code which indicated the branch of police: green for ''

Schutzpolizei The ''Schutzpolizei'' (), or ''Schupo'' () for short, is a uniform-wearing branch of the ''Landespolizei'', the state (''Land'') level police of the states of Germany. ''Schutzpolizei'' literally means security or protection police, but it is b ...

'' (protection police) and police general officers, wine-red for '' Gemeindepolizei'' (municipal protection police), orange for rural ''Gendarmerie,'' carmine-red for fire brigades, gold for maritime police, light grey for administrative police.

General officers

''Note: Since most police generals, increasingly as time went on, were also SS generals, they typically wore an SS uniform except at police-specific functions.

Field and junior officers

Enlisted, NCOs and Senior NCO

* Source:''Schutzpolizei des Reiches''
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Rank and Pay

Mean annual pay for an industrial worker was 1,459 Reichsmark 1939, and for a privately employed

white-collar worker A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, desk, managerial, or administrative work. White-collar work may be performed in an office or other administrative setting. White-collar workers include job paths related to government, ...

2,772 Reichsmark.Die Besoldung eines Soldaten der Wehrmacht
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References

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