Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Police Kepi By J.p. Mol Auction headed back to British Columbia

headed back to British Columbia

Die stamped tombac

He received the Service Medal of the Order of St John for his long service with St John Ambulance

1917 with No

Still based on the Lucia

Netherlands, Kingdom. A Dutch Police Kepi By J.p. Mol Auction headed back to British Columbia(Politie Kepie). This is a very well preserved Dutch Police Gendarmerie kepi, constructed of a smooth black wool with reinforced cardboard shell. The peak is adorned with a braided and woven cockade composed of five ribbed layers of off white material completing in a central dark green oval. The cockade is held in place at the top by a hook that is fastened into the liner of the kepi, and at the bottom by a gilded bronze button. The kepi is flanked by