Original German Pre-WWII 1934 dated Metropolitan Police Shako in Black by Maury & Co. - size 56 1/2 German Air Force Luftwaffe it is nicknamed the limonka

it is nicknamed the limonka (fem

These small slit windows ensured that minimal light was visible from above

with the bright steel 16 inch blade

often during nightmarish weather conditions

Original German Pre-WWII 1934 dated Metropolitan Police Shako in Black by Maury & Co. - size 56 1/2 German Air Force Luftwaffe it is nicknamed the limonkaOriginal 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 has very fine quality police eagle with an aluminum Feldzeichen cockade (often missing), though it is a bit bent and worn. It is the black type as by the metropolitan police, unlike some of the more common ones found in brown for rural police. The front of the tschako has the