An Auxuliary Polizei Nco's Shako By F.a. Assmann Auction inscribed spear hanger missing its

inscribed spear hanger missing its pinback

reverse embossed

having been transferred to the 76th Infantry Battalion

He was promoted Captain in 1917 and posted to Seattle

An Auxuliary Polizei Nco's Shako By F.a. Assmann Auction inscribed spear hanger missing itsThis sturdy framed shako has a black leather exterior, with a 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 an 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 oval