Germany. An Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Officer's Tschako With Parade Bush Auction 1 of the Lewis Gun

1 of the Lewis Gun section

Bramshott Camp

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

the eagle is period-original

with small metal "100" number set inside badge (presumably number of actions/missions)

Germany. An Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Officer's Tschako With Parade Bush Auction 1 of the Lewis GunThis 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