STATE OF THE ART MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

autumn, 1925

two Berlin civilian policemen, wearing their traditional ‘shako’ helmets, pose with the latest wireless transceiver equipment, including a massive tube radio, antenna and rear-facing ‘horn’ speaker. Often well-armed, they, along with regular reichswehr soldiers, were employed by the Weimar authorities to deal with the street demonstrations that often resorted to gunfire. Later the police would be assimilated under himmler’s ss control.