Spainish Fascist Uniforms

[michael mills]

In 1978 the Policia Armada became the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía and were redressed in brown, so they were subsequently knicknamed "maderos" (piece of timber) specially by delinquents.

Was the year 1978?

I visited Spain in January 1979, and I remember seeing police dressed in light-grey uniforms with old-fashioned closed collars having a diamond-shaped red badge. They also wore rather flat grey peaked caps with a red band.

The border guards (or Customs officers?) had a similar uniform, except that it was green. The police on the street in Madrid had a blue uniform.

[Ironmachine]

Was the year 1978?
I visited Spain in January 1979, and I remember seeing police dressed in light-grey uniforms with old-fashioned closed collars having a diamond-shaped red badge. They also wore rather flat grey peaked caps with a red band.

The change was made by law of 4 december 1978, by which the Policía Armada became the Policía Nacional (and not the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, which was created in 1986 by integrating the Policía Nacional and the Cuerpo Superior de Policía). By that same law, the uniform was changed from grey to brown, but given the date of the law it is reasonable to find grey uniforms in service in 1979.

The border guards (or Customs officers?) had a similar uniform, except that it was green.

That would be Guardia Civil.

The police on the street in Madrid had a blue uniform.

Policía Municipal.

[von thoma]

michael mills wrote:The police on the street in Madrid had a blue uniform.
Policía Municipal.

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The traditional "Policía Municipal" uniform of the Franco's era, in 1959.
With his white Pith helmet and white belts.

Photo:http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/diapoteca ... ags/sastre

[Javichu]

Oh my God! You don´t know who he is...He´s "el bailarín" the most famous Guardia Municipal ever. That town is Torrelavega in Cantabria.
I´ve seen him hundreds of times directing traffic in that same crossroad, he seem practising a martial art:Non stop fluid movements. When they put traffic lights in his place the world started to change
Santander 1937 : Local police plus a Falange member (see the boina)

[Semenov]

Dear friends!
What shade of blue colour FE wore uniforms? Only dark blue? Any foto appr.

best wishes!

source - todocollecion.net

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[von thoma]

What shade of blue colour FE wore uniforms? Only dark blue?

The Falangist troops had this traditional dark blue shirts.

[Semenov]

What shade of blue colour FE wore uniforms? Only dark blue?

The Falangist troops had this traditional dark blue shirts.

Thanks, von Thoma!

[von thoma]

Policía Armada with submachine gun Star Z-70B.

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[Balrog]

What is the significance of the tassel of fascist caps? (Is there any?) I've notice tassels on field caps and berets.

[von thoma]

The tassel called "Madroño" has no special meaning ,only is a traditional use, like in the Spanish Legion still.
Officers could be worn the piping and the tassel, in gold finish.

[Balrog]

Thank you for the information. Another question: It seems( to me) that only traditional units, fascists, and falangists has tassels on their hats. I have never seen a Spanish Republican wear a tassel. Were tassels symbols of the old regime?

[Ironmachine]

Not symbols of the old regime "per se", but they could be (and probably were) considered as symbols of the Army (in a similar way to rank insignia, for example), and the Army was surely considered an old regime institution.

By the way, what do you mean by "traditional units"?

[Balrog]

Well, by "traditional units", I meant "Royalist Spain." (Is that even the correct ay to phrase it?) The old regiments that had existed before the Spanish Civil War. I should have written that better...

[Ironmachine]

Well, at face value almost all the Army regiments that fought for the Nationals in the SCW were traditional in that sense (i.e. they had existed before the SCW) and that no unit that fought for the Republicans (but for the very beginning of the war) was traditional in that same sense. So that's just another way of saying that the tassel was weared by the rebel side and generally not used by the loyalists.

[Ironmachine]

I have never seen a Spanish Republican wear a tassel.

However, they weared them. See, for example, the following pictures.

Republican miliamen en route to Mallorca, January 1937:

Communist Militia captain Amadeo Retiro in his wedding, October 1936:

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Militiawomen, July-August 1936:

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Republican artillery, Extremadura, October 1936: