RARE Norwegian collaboration Statspolitiet 'Stapo' uniform

Straight from Norway, this jacket was found many years ago during a clean out of a local police station. 100% untouched and very rare Stapo tunic (the Norwegian Gestapo). This jacket type was used by two different branches of the Norwegian National Solicalist police. The ones with green collar tabs were used by the standard police, and the ones with the black Norwegian made ss tabs (like this example) was used by thestatspolitiet 'Stapo'. This jacket was issued in the late part of the war. This is probably one of the only original remaining examples the black SS-style collar tabs that is known to exist today. A very are jacket!Statspolitiet (STAPO) was from 1941 to 1945 a National Socialist armed police force that consisted of Norwegian officials after Nazi German pattern. It operated independently of the ordinary Norwegian police. The force was established on 1 June 1941 during the German occupation of Norway. The initiative for the force came from the later chief Karl Marthinsen and other prominent members of the collaborationist party Nasjonal Samling. At its peak, in 1944 there were 350 employees in Statspolitiet, in addition to a larger number who collaborated or rendered services for them