BACKGROUND: A purge of the State Police in 1941, resulted in the creation of two main branches; Ordenspoliti (Order Police) and Sikkerhetspoliti (Security Police). The Ordenspoliti dealt with regular maintenance of order and prevention of non-political crime, that operated similar to the S.D. in Germany which in essence, combated subversion. The Security Police, worked with the German S.D., but cam under the district control of the S.S.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A brown Astrakan wool with quilted rayon liner winter hat that has a POST WW2 Norwegian Police light weight badge with spring pin to the reverse that is marked "Sporrong Sweden" to the reverse. The interior of the hat bears a manufacture tag and a name tag.