from the uniforms forum,,,it was suggested to repost here on the police forum,,,any suggestions as to which branch,unit etc?,,,thanks to all who reply,,Robert

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Hello,

With that cogwheel I would guess some sort of TENO, maybe post war. I have never seen a green and black board before.It certainly is not any TR period "police" organization.

Sorry for the lack of help.

Regards,
W.Unland

Bill : Please look at my ID on the 'MISC.GERMAN UNIFORMS " Forum .
Regards , Bernd .

It is not Heeresbeamten shoulder board (another form) or Waffen-SS shoulder board (black underlay for Waffen-SS is the bottom - not second - underlay).
This shade of green is known only for Luftschutzpolizei & Sicherheitsdienst. But LSP has another form of shoulderboards.
IMHO it is SiPo shoulderboard for rank equivalent to the ORPO Revier-Offz.
Cogwheel is attached mistakenly in place of star...

The cog wheel devise appears to be the same as found on page 6 in the Army section of the F. W. Assmann sales catalog reprint.