Original German WWII Schutzpolizei Protection Police Officer's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Alkero - size 61 ½ MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly At the start of World

At the start of World War II

Liner is made by Firestone

possibly because the arsenal made tangs were not available due to the late production

dated 1943 and with serial number 6642 on the top cover and barrel jacket make this a one of our very finest museum quality examples of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

We spent several days there and made friends -- or so we thought -- with one of the farmers

Original German WWII Schutzpolizei Protection Police Officer's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Alkero - size 61 ½ MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly At the start of WorldOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Ordnungspolizei, abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in NSDAP Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organization was absorbed into the NSDAP monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favor of the central government ("Reich ification", Verreichlichung, of the police). The Orpo was controlled, nominally by the Interior Ministry but its executive