SS Chevron for Former Police and Military

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

The SS Chevron for Former Police and Military was a prior service qualification badge which was displayed by members of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) who had previously served as professional law enforcement, as members of the Reichswehr or members of the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten ("Steel Helmet, League of Front Soldiers".^[1]

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. Two of the more famous holders of this SS Chevon were 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.^[2][3]

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References

• Aronson, Shlomo (1969). The Beginnings of the Gestapo System. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-0878552030. 
• Browder, George C. (1990). Foundations of the Nazi Police State – The Formation of SIPO and SD. University of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813116976. 
• McNab, Chris (2013). Hitler's Elite: The SS 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-78200-088-4.