Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by EREL with Cockade & Chinstrap - Size 56 1/2 British Bayonets However this special example has

However this special example has been fitted with a basket guard for the protection of the right hand mounted on the standard knuckle bow

the temper line is only visible when looking at light reflecting on the blade close to the tsuba on the side opposite the MEI

just the light wear from use and age

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Underbody designation reads USN

Original German WWII Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by EREL with Cockade & Chinstrap - Size 56 1/2 British Bayonets However this special example hasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice 1936 Officers pattern Tschako, with the late pattern police green wool body and black leather trim. It has a very fine quality police officer eagle with aluminum Feldzeichen cockade (often missing) and black leather chinstrap. A great Polizei helmet (shako) as used by the metropolitan police! Unlike some of the more common ones found trimmed in brown for rural police, this one is with black trim