A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction Corporal Bennett fired two drums

Corporal Bennett fired two drums into it from the mounting

He was released from service at the close of the war in 1945

taking two weeks to recover before returning to duty on January 10

1 Canadian Field Ambulance on March 1

A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako Auction Corporal Bennett fired two drumsMolded sturdy, vulcanfibre body with a police green wool covering to the exterior. The body of the shako has an extruding, humped curve reverse, downward sloping vulcanfibre front visor and rear neck guard, along with a circular "coffee can" style top, in the traditional police helmet style, that was established in the 1920s and lasted until 1945. Both the front visor and rear neck guard are secured to the shako by a narrow horizontal strip of black