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Schupo · 02-24-2021, 09:05 AM

The Germans continued to wear the Tschako well past the end of WWII. Both the West German Polizei and the East German Volkspolizei wore Tschakos into the end of the cold war.

Here is an example of a West Berlin Police Tschako from the 1950s.

02-24-2021, 09:05 AM	#6
Schupo User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City Metro Posts: 206 Thanks: 1 Thanked 102 Times in 47 Posts	The Germans continued to wear the Tschako well past the end of WWII. Both the West German Polizei and the East German Volkspolizei wore Tschakos into the end of the cold war. Here is an example of a West Berlin Police Tschako from the 1950s. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "You can't please everyone, so you have got to please yourself." Ricky Nelson