202. Factory Police: Factory Police Officer, 1942, Service Uniform.
203. Factory Police: Factory Police Guard, 1942, Uniform.
204. Factory Police: Factory Police NCO, 1944, Uniform.
Factory Protection Police, known as 'Werksschutzpolizei' were persons privately employed by industrial concerns to act as factory guards and watchmen. Unlike many of the other polite organisations operating in Germany at this time the Werksschutzpolizei were sublect only to regulations issued by the Air Ministry and not by the police authorities. The pattern of the uniforms provided for these factory guards was of the usual style for jackets, tunics (open and closed neck), trousers, breeches, greatcoats and headdress. The colour of these uniforrns was usually either darkish grey or blue-black. The Werksschutz emblem was worn on the peaked cap by nlembers of most concerns (Nos. 203, 202, 204) and in alIllost all cases the Werksschutz arm badge was also worn (Nos. 202, 203). Factory Police could, in some instances, be identified as belonging to a particular company by the use of collar patches which displayed the company's logo or emblem (Nos. 202, 203).

205. German Red Cross: Senior Nursing Sister, 1937, Service Dress.
206. German Red Cross: Red Cross Watch Leader, 1937, Formal Dress.
207. German Red Cross: Red Cross Man, 1937, Duty Uniform.
Germany had possessed a Red Cross organisation for almost seventy years from the time when it was first established in 1864. Like the majority of those organisations that existed in Germany prior to the Nazis coming to power the German Red Cross (Deutsche Rote Kreuz) was brought into line with other uniformed bodies. Its organisational structure was altered, its uniforms were re-designed and its insignia of rank, qualification badges and decorations reflected both the National Socialist control as well as the new and complex rank structure. The colour traditionally used for Red Cross uniforms, other than the white nursing clothing, had always been slate-grey. This was retained when in 1937 a range ofnew clothing for nursing sisters, medical officers and medical attendants was introduced. Male personnel showed their ranks by means ofa system ofshoulder straps. Bars of silver lace in varying numbers and thicknesses were worn on the tunic sleeve to indicate the length of service held by the wearer. Nurses and Sisters displayed their rank insignia by a system of pips worn on the corners of the collar of either their white blouse or slate-grey tunics depending on grade. These pips were in blue for the white blouse worn by the lower ranks, and silver or gold for the more senior fetnales. A series of coloured enamelled brooches were worn by the nursing sister to indicate various grades of nursing qualification. Few changes were made during the course of the war years to the uniforms first introduced in 1937. The most notable exception being the introduction later of a tropical uniform for use by Nursing Sisters who were to work with the German forces in North Africa and other hot climate countries. Their uniform (see No. 210) consisted of a light brown tropicaljacket and matching skirt. To this was added a sun helmet. The greatcoat as worn by General Officers of the German Red Cross was distinguished by having pale dove-grey lapel facings, the same colour material as was used for the Red Cross collar patches which bore a small red enamelled cross and which were worn by all male Red Cross personnel regardless of rank.

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