A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction 1 Canadian Field Ambulance on

1 Canadian Field Ambulance on March 1

it features the large Schlageter monument

while blade measures approximately 17cm (or 7 inches)

black lacquered centre with gilt "13"

He was released from service at the close of the war in 1945

A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction 1 Canadian Field Ambulance onMolded sturdy, vulcanfibre body with a police green wool covering to the exterior. The body of the shako has an extruding, humped curve reverse, downward sloping vulcanfibre front visor and rear neck guard, along with a circular "coffee can" style top, in the traditional police helmet style, that was established in the 1920s and lasted until 1945. Both the front visor and rear neck guard are secured to the shako by a narrow horizontal strip of black