<p>Part of my collection of GERMAN Law Enforcement insignia
</p><p>This agency is one of the 16 Lander (states) which make up the Federal Republic of Germany.
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The German style of police patch was rationalised upon the "regionalisation" of (West) German policing in the mid-1970s. when all remaining municipal police forces were merged into the State police of the Lander - and now the patch of all State Police forces comprises the word POLIZEI above the State coat of arms.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91779914@N00">Dave Conner</a> from Inverness, Scotland
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/conner395/5406224108/">Germany - Polizei Nordrhein Westfalen (black felt)(WSP Wasserschutz Polizei Marine)</a>
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