Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts It does not have a

It does not have a visible maker mark but based on the style it was almost certainly manufactured by FLL (Friedrich Linden

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and patriotic as they are — permitted to participate in this fashion

It remained virtually unchanged throughout its decades-long service

" in script and the barrel has an armory inventory date stamped into it of 1849 (a typical German habit)

Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts It does not have aOriginal Item: This is a very nice 1936 Officers pattern Tschako with police green wool body and black trim. It has a very fine quality police officer eagle with a simulated bullion wire aluminum cockade on the front, and a black leather chinstrap around the "pickelhaube" style lugs. Higher ranks would have a scaled chin strap. A great Polizei helmet (shako) as used by the metropolitan police, unlike some of the more common ones found trimmed in brown