Original German WWII 1941 Dated Late Pattern Rural Police Shako by EREL - Size 57 No Return measuring about 16" x 11"

measuring about 16" x 11" x 6"

Years of Manufacture: mid-late 1863

the holes are in the same location where the buttstock of a rifle would sit when being shouldered

This is an Imperial German Pre-Deutsche Reichsbahn

and has overall staining and wear to the fabric

Original German WWII 1941 Dated Late Pattern Rural Police Shako by EREL - Size 57 No Return measuring about 16" x 11"Original 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 brown leather trim, which replaced the original all leather style. The brown leather chin strap is still present and in very nice shape. It has a very