A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako GTRexclude Footnote: Brian Roff Spencer (O-069180)

Footnote: Brian Roff Spencer (O-069180) was born on January 8

PERRONE" on the reverse

Their primary mission objective on the Essen bombing attack was to destroy the railway supply yards and railway lines in the industrial heart of Germany

who served in the Boer War

A German Auxiliary Police (Polizei) Nco's Shako GTRexclude Footnote: Brian Roff Spencer (O-069180)Molded 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