Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Shako Plate, by Christian Theodor Dicke Auction Archive measuring 75 mm x 82

measuring 75 mm x 82 mm

Claude "Rusty" Peden (age 20) of the Maple Leaf Wheelmen of Toronto

maker marked "L2/682/39" and marked "KERNSTÜCK" on the tab where it is stitched to the body of the belt

that he was Married and that his trade was that of Surveyor

The front center of the cap features a machine woven national tri-colour (black-white-red) cockade on a woven tan rayon diamond base

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An Officer’s Shako Plate, by Christian Theodor Dicke Auction Archive measuring 75 mm x 82(Adler fr Tschako). Constructed of a silvered aluminum alloy, the obverse consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with two threaded screw posts for shako attachment, maker marked with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke, Ldenscheid, measuring 160 mm (w) x 80 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish, in extremely fine condition.