was from 1952, the first major changes to the border guards in their uniforms, effects and equipment. They were now as German border police to the Ministry of State Security. The most significant is probably the new uniform of khaki in color, cut equal to those of the barracks People's Police.
The examples of winter uniforms, the typical appearance of the borders of 1952 and 1961. To a uniformity of effects and equipment in these years not to think. One reason is the repeated switching to different ministries, a second, the introduction of new effects in a modified version. Shown in this uniform example illustrates how it distinguished the boundaries of these years. These transitional periods accompanied the German border police in all the years of its existence. Early 50's, among others were also captured weapons the Red Army as the 98K from Army stocks in use.
One innovation was the newly introduced ski cap with fold-down ear parts. She was inspired in 1943 when the German army introduced field cap M43. Khaki-colored ski mask and especially the winter coats are today virtually impossible to find. These pieces were also applied some time after the dissolution of the German Border Police Service. Removed and worn pieces were destroyed or fell to the paper mills as raw material to the victims. In my opinion, one of the rarest of the uniforms of the early GDR and get on the fast-developing market collectors sometimes very large sums.
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