Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An EM/NCO’s Shako, Owner-Attributed Example, by H. Becker & Co. Hold Heavy Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge

Heavy Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge (two-piece construction

enlisting as a Probationer Steward with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

sewn to their original bluish-gray Luftwaffe uniform collar

with attached miniature of the Iron Crown Order (13x26mm)

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An EM/NCO’s Shako, Owner-Attributed Example, by H. Becker & Co. Hold Heavy Machine Gunner Proficiency Badge(Tschako fr Mannschaften der Ordnungspolizei). A well preserbed Ordnungspolizei EM NCOs shako, constructed of a sturdy vulcanfibre shell fully lined on the exterior with a layer of police green wool. The crown is topped by a layer of flattened black vulcanfibre in a classic coffee can style, and is flanked on each side by dual ventilation holes covered by non magnetic metal mesh. A hollow channel set into the peak accommodates an aluminum cockade