File:Polizei Tschakoadler Hoheitsabzeichen Reichsadler Nazi Germany Police shako hat badge National imperial spread winged eagle over circled swastika and wreath aluminum device 8 x 16 cm back 2015.558.2 002.800x800 cropped.jpg

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Deutsch: Tschakoadler, Drittes Reich, Polizei Tschako Hoheitsabzeichen, Leichtmetall
English: Nazi Germany City Police shako hat badge, national imperial spread winged eagle over circled swastika and wreath, aluminum device, 8 x 16 cm, fastenig bolts on back.

The basic design of the Hoheitsabzeichen (National emblem) of Nazi Germany was a spread imperial eagle (Reichsadler) over a swastika (Hakenkreuz). The police version was a swastika eagle enclosed in a wreath of oak leaves. This wreathed Polizeiadler ("police eagle") was worn as a cap badge and on the left sleeve by all uniformed police.

Object in the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. No restrictions on access or use.
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The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

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