Original OUTSTANDING WWII German M-40 Double Decal Field Police Helmet Brought Back By A U.S. Veteran Certified

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Original WWII German M-40 Double Decal Field Police Helmet Brought Back By A U.S. Veteran Certified. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler’s appointment to Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern, on June 17TH 1936, he effectively had full control of all the police agencies within Germany. As a result of this appointment and the restructuring of all the separate German state police into a single national police force new regulations were instituted to bring about uniformity in dress for all police through-out the country. The new dress regulations included an attempt to standardize the helmets of the police and on July 28TH 1936 regulations once again altered the insignia on the police helmets with the new wreathed police eagle emblem to be applied to the left side of the helmet and the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party), party shield applied to the right side. The July 1936 police helmet insignia was utilized for the duration of the war. The stamped, sheet steel construction helmet retains about 71% of its slightly smooth , apple green paint. The left side of the helmet has a black based, silver, wreathed, police eagle/wreath/swastika decal which is retained about 92%. The right side of the helmet has a NSDAP party shield decal with a narrow black outer border, a red base field with a central, white, circle with a canted, black, swastika. The party shield decal is retained about 89%. All three liner retaining rivets are intact. Original liner band is present the M31 tan leather liner is fully intact with all fingers and original draw string stamped “57” .   The interior, reverse, neck guard apron has a stamped, serial number, “SO70C” and marked “Q64”, indicating  manufacture by Quist size 64. Has a small spot on the back of what looks like period paint (see photo)  Very nice  German field Police Helmet. A very good “fresh find” (never in a collection)  example. Very NICE Field Gray VERSION! Gettysburg Museum Certified (COA) provided. Rare 100% Guaranteed to be authentic pre-1945 Brought home by a U.S .Veteran as a trophy of war. Sold for historic purposes only. See our other pieces on our web site.  Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. RARE! OUTSTANDING DO NOT MISS THIS!