Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts " in script and the

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

It remained virtually unchanged throughout its decades-long service

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

with a leather buckle closure

These early helmets were generally painted black although some were left in their original field-gray World War I color

Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by Hans Römer with Chinstrap Martini-Henry Parts " in script and theOriginal 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