Germany. An Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Officer's Tschako With Parade Bush Auction with seven finely manufactured contemporary

with seven finely manufactured contemporary miniatures

when it became a popular item of military equipment in the Jacobite Risings

the eagle is period-original

A 1938 NSDAP Kreistag Aurich badge ( 11-12

Germany. An Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Officer's Tschako With Parade Bush Auction with seven finely manufactured contemporaryThis sturdy framed shako has a green felt exterior, with a leather circular top, straight front and domed back with protruding neck guard, in the traditional police helmet style, that was established in 1920s and lasted until 1945. The front is adorned with a gilt aluminum Third Reich Police shako plate, illustrating a spread winged eagle sitting upon an oak leaf clustered wreath centred by a swastika insignia. Immediately above the shako plate is an