A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction while blade measures approximately 17cm

while blade measures approximately 17cm (or 7 inches)

He was released from service at the close of the war in 1945

on gray Luftwaffe backing

without ring

DM and WM are reverse mounted

A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction while blade measures approximately 17cmMolded sturdy, vulcanfibre body with a police green wool covering to the exterior. The body of the shako has an extruding, humped curve reverse, downward sloping vulcanfibre front visor and rear neck guard, along with a circular "coffee can" style top, in the traditional police helmet style, that was established in the 1920s and lasted until 1945. Both the front visor and rear neck guard are secured to the shako by a narrow horizontal strip of black