Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police NCO's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Marie Slama & Sohn French Holster both bores are mostly bright

both bores are mostly bright and shiny with crisp lands and grooves

Kirschbaum

This would be read right to left: SHO-WA (current reigning emperor) JUU-GO NEN (15th year of reign - 1940) JUU GATSU (10th Month - October)

and nose cap are still present

Overall a very nice 100% genuine rare M35 Double Decal NSDAP Civic Police Combat helmet

Original German WWII Gendarmerie Rural Police NCO's Schirmmütze Visor Cap by Marie Slama & Sohn French Holster both bores are mostly brightOriginal 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