Original German WWII Metropolitan Police Shako by C. POSE WEHRAUSRÜSTUNGEN, Berlin - Size 55 ½ Flintlock Pistols This started life as a

This started life as a French Mle 1842 Line Musket or even possibly a Percussion Rifle

indicating 1943 manufacture

with a pin on the back

a smart marketing move as it very possibly became a "must have" for emerging pre WW1 Officer class

with just a bit of oxidation speckling in areas

Original German WWII Metropolitan Police Shako by C. POSE WEHRAUSRÜSTUNGEN, Berlin - Size 55 ½ Flintlock Pistols This started life as aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful 1936 Officers pattern Tschako with police green wool body and black trim. Has very fine quality police officer eagle with bullion wire cockade with 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 for the municipal police. Interior is excellent,