Original German WWII 1938 Dated Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by EREL with Provenance Tag - Size 57 1/2 French Field Equipment The body is marked to

The body is marked to the 17th Braunschweig Hussars (17 Rgt

was now redesignated as the Italian 1st Army and put under the command of Italian general Giovanni Messe

It was so nice

The inside of the coat is marked with:

Original German WWII 1938 Dated Late Pattern Metropolitan Police Shako by EREL with Provenance Tag - Size 57 1/2 French Field Equipment The body is marked toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice 1936 Officers pattern Tschako, made by Robert Lubstein under their very desirable EREL brand, a top class maker of headwear during the war. They manufactured many police shakos before the war, and this the later pattern police green wool body and black leather trim, which replaced the original all leather style. It has a very fine quality police officer eagle wappen (front plate) with aluminum