When did the German Police stop using Shakos?

gunbugs · 02-21-2021, 03:45 PM

So, when did the German Police stop using Shako helmets as a uniform item? I can see they used them through WW2. But don't see where they used them past that. Am I mistaken?

ithacaartist · 02-23-2021, 11:57 PM

It says until 1945 here: http://germaniainternational.com/police2.html

sdmark777 · 02-24-2021, 01:37 AM

I have this Shako to go with my 1940 Mauser Banner Eagle L Police Luger. It is minty with one moth hole. As to the question, I believe the field caps and peaked visor hats continued after the war for German police, but not the Shako.

sdmark777 · 02-24-2021, 01:38 AM

E/l 1940

sdmark777 · 02-24-2021, 01:51 AM

Polizei Holster

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.

gunnertwo · 02-24-2021, 02:21 PM

Hard to stop a tradition, thanks for the information and pics.

G2

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02-23-2021, 11:57 PM	#2
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02-24-2021, 01:37 AM	#3
sdmark777 User Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 281 Thanks: 656 Thanked 663 Times in 169 Posts	I have this Shako to go with my 1940 Mauser Banner Eagle L Police Luger. It is minty with one moth hole. As to the question, I believe the field caps and peaked visor hats continued after the war for German police, but not the Shako. Attached Thumbnails

02-24-2021, 01:38 AM	#4
sdmark777 User Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 281 Thanks: 656 Thanked 663 Times in 169 Posts	E/l 1940 Attached Thumbnails

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sdmark777 User Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 281 Thanks: 656 Thanked 663 Times in 169 Posts	Polizei Holster Attached Thumbnails

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

02-24-2021, 02:21 PM	#7
gunnertwo User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 605 Thanks: 803 Thanked 909 Times in 351 Posts	Hard to stop a tradition, thanks for the information and pics. G2