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====Uniform====
[[File:Dt Zollmuseum HH Zollmütze UK.jpg|thumb|Peaked cap as worn by Preventive officers when in uniform.]]
The uniform worn by officers of the [[Waterguard]] was identical to [[Uniforms of the Royal Navy|Royal Navy officers’ uniform]] with the exception of the cap badge (a crowned [[portcullis]] with flying chains), buttons (a crown rather than the [[fouled anchor]]) and the cuff rank lace (which only extended halfway round the cuff, rather than full cuff as in the Royal Navy (this possibly believed to be a WWII cost-cutting measure)).

Prior to 1946, Chief Preventive Officers (CPO) wore two and a half gold stripes on their uniform while Preventive Officers (PO) had one stripe and Assistant Preventive Officers (APO) no stripe. After that date CPOs wore three stripes, POs two stripes and APOs one stripe. All uniformed grades wore a [[Executive curl|Navy curl]]; CPOs were further distinguished by having a row of [[Scrambled egg (uniform)|gold oak leaves]] on the peak of the cap.

After 1971 the same uniform was adopted by uniformed officers of the Preventive Service.