Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts under General George Patton

under General George Patton

After fierce house-to-house fighting the Germans were defeated and eventually surrendered

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

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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Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts under General George PattonOriginal 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