Original German WWII Schutzpolizei Protection Police Officer's Schirmmütze Visor Crushed Cap Price_$220 - $990 This stamped steel helmet still

This stamped steel helmet still retains a lot of the original mid-war darker blue "Feldgrau" paint

which would allow it to be used with a rifle mounted grenade discharger

opposite the Pulkovo observatory on 18 March 1943

as originally produced was manufactured with an 8" stiletto blade and had an overall length of about 13 1/4"

It features leather reinforcements on the staff side and nicely stitched borders

Original German WWII Schutzpolizei Protection Police Officer's Schirmmütze Visor Crushed Cap Price_$220 - $990 This stamped steel helmet stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Ordnungspolizei, abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in NSDAP Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organization was absorbed into the NSDAP monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favor of the central government ("Reich ification", Verreichlichung, of the police). The Orpo was controlled, nominally by the Interior Ministry but its executive