1920 Police unit mark

Schupo · 12-25-2005, 04:00 PM

Herb,

I can see the photo now. The marking looks OK to me for the 1st administrative district of Breslau. I don't know why the number is so high, but Breslau was a big police district. Normally, these Prussian police sub-districts (I. or II. usually) are much smaller and only go to three digit numbers. I have a bayonet marked to the 2nd district of Breslau and it has only a two digit number.

You are right about Berlin. I have not been there in years but it is huge. There are lots of sub-district Polizei Abschnitt that have several hunderd cops per station house. Charlottenburg off the K-damm is #27 and has around 400 cops. They had around 20,000 policemen in Berlin the last time I visted them.

George

12-25-2005, 04:00 PM	#11
Schupo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City Metro Posts: 206 Thanks: 1 Thanked 102 Times in 47 Posts	Herb, I can see the photo now. The marking looks OK to me for the 1st administrative district of Breslau. I don't know why the number is so high, but Breslau was a big police district. Normally, these Prussian police sub-districts (I. or II. usually) are much smaller and only go to three digit numbers. I have a bayonet marked to the 2nd district of Breslau and it has only a two digit number. You are right about Berlin. I have not been there in years but it is huge. There are lots of sub-district Polizei Abschnitt that have several hunderd cops per station house. Charlottenburg off the K-damm is #27 and has around 400 cops. They had around 20,000 policemen in Berlin the last time I visted them. George __________________ "You can't please everyone, so you have got to please yourself." Ricky Nelson