Kriminalpolizei warrant badge, front
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A Kripo agent's identifying warrant disc

Official identification tag (warrant badge) for the Criminal Police (Kriminalpolizei or Kripo), the detective police force of Nazi Germany. These badges were generally suspended from a chain and included the officer's identification number on the reverse.

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police Third Reich Nazi rise to power
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Genia Bonné
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