Germany, Ordnungspolziei. An Officer’s Shako consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac His father Cecil Barrow Simonds

His father Cecil Barrow Simonds

but this was Capitan Carballo

Between 1962 and 1974

with a few handwritten entries dated 1945 to 1947

fitted with the British Crimea Medal suspension

Germany, Ordnungspolziei. An Officer’s Shako consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac His father Cecil Barrow Simonds(Ordnungpolizei Tshako fr Offizier). An extremely well preserved Ordnungspolizei Officers shako, constructed of a solid black vulcanfibre shell. The sides are fully lined in a classic police style grey blue wool twill, with the shell protruding into a gentle slope at the reverse, culminating in a lacquered black vulcanfibre visor offering neck protection for the wearer. Affixed to the crown is a flattened and black lacquered vulcanfibre coffee can