Original German WWII Early Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako in Black by Friedrich Becker & Co. K.G. with Faded Issue Stamp U.S. Navy The wooden grip scales are

The wooden grip scales are also quite nice

Ma Biao fought against the Japanese in the Boxer Rebellion

We have not been able to locate much information on his service

Original Item: ONE ONLY

The marking is small and within an inch or two of the forward end

Original German WWII Early Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako in Black by Friedrich Becker & Co. K.G. with Faded Issue Stamp U.S. Navy The wooden grip scales areOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Early WWII produced police pattern Tschako in black, which pre dates the more common green wool body version. It has a very fine quality police eagle with an aluminum Feldzeichen cockade (often missing), which is in great shape. It is marked on the back with a date of 1942 over maker KARL KHNEL PETERSWALD, a known maker of WWII era police cockades. The shako is the black type as by the