Police force plates
Physical education and sports competitions were an integral part of the training and indoctrination of the new police force in the Third Reich under the Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler. Sport and physical training were the prerequisites for the SS’s plan to clarify the claim to the men’s race.
The various sports competitions with their pre-competitions were very popular with the police forces and ensured that only the best of them could compete. These competitions were held until the beginning of World War II in September 1939.
Himmler’s decree in 1937 banned metal awards and gifts. From August 1937, the police plates for Himmler were made in the Allach porcelain factory in Dachau.
Regardless of the competition, a high-quality police badge from the Third Reich was made in the middle of each of these plates.
The police eagle badges were either bisque or glazed porcelain.
Honorary award plates were presented at the following police sporting events:
–German Police Athletics Championships in Frankfurt am Main, August 8, 1937
–German Police Pentathlon Championships in Plauen im Vogtland, August 29, 1937
–Police Championships in Oberjoch, February 23-25, 1938
–Police Baggage March Championships in Lübeck, June 18-21, 1938
–Police Pentathlon Championships in Wuppertal, August 4-8, 1938
–Police Ice Ski Championships in Kitzbühel, March 1-5, 1939
–Police Athletics Championships in Frankfurt am Main, June 9-12, 1939
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Honorary Award – Police Athletics Championships 1938 Lübeck
The competition took place from June 18-21, 1938. This plate was awarded to the second, third and fourth of one of the 22 competitions.
Honoury Price Plate – Police Athletics Championship 1938 Lübeck
The competition took place from June 18-21, 1938. This plate with gold rim was presented to the winner in one of the twenty-two competitions. The lettering has a green color that borders on the top and bottom of the concave plate. The Third Reich police eagle is made of bisque.
The winner. 1938 Oberjoch – Police Ski Championships
The competition took place from February 23-25, 1938. This gold-rimmed plate was presented to the winner in one of twenty-one competitions. The lettering is green in color, which borders the top and bottom of the more concave plate.
Honorary award plate of the police athletics championships 1939 Frankfurt an der Oder
The competition took place from June 9 to 12, 1939. The lettering is a green color bordering on the top and bottom of the more concave plate.
Honorary price plate – Police Ski Championships in Kitzbühel in 1939
The competition took place from March 1st to 5th, 1939. This gold rim plate was presented to the winner in one of the twenty-one competitions. The lettering is green in color, which borders on the top and bottom of the concave plate. The police eagle of the Third Reich is made of bisque porcelain.
