Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Gendarmerie Em/Nco’s Shako, By Robert Lubstein Hold including GCiG

including GCiG

A Second War 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars  Cap Badge - (Montreal

where it performed sixteen reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea

third one in silvered bronze with light blue and white enamels

This is one example in a series of “joke” crosses that were made in Britain which also bore the names of Belgian towns bombarded by the Germans

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Gendarmerie Em/Nco’s Shako, By Robert Lubstein Hold including GCiG(Gendarmerie Tschako fr Mannschaften). A very well preserved Gendarmerie EM NCOs shako, constructed of a black vulcanfibre shell with a gentle slope protruding at the back for neck protection. The sides of the canister are fully lined with a smooth police green wool liner. Affixed to the crown is a lacquered brown vulcanfibre coffee can style fitting, secured in place with heavy machine stitching around the outer circumference. It is flanked on each