Dutch/German WW2 helmet M38 ISSUED TO SCHUTZMANNSCHAFT AUXILLARY POLICE
Dutch/German WW2 M38 helmet ISSUED TO SCHUTZMANNSCHAFT AUXILLARY POLICE. After the German conquest of Holland. (May 10, 1940 – May 17, 1940) Dutch helmet shells were reworked with German liners and textured green paint for issue to Auxiliary Police forces on the Eastern Front working with the Germans. The Schutzmannschaft , or Auxiliary Police. “Protection team”; plural: Schutzmannschaften. Abbreviated as Schuma was the collaborationist auxiliary police. Of native policemen serving in those areas of the Soviet Union. And the Baltic states. During World War II. Helmet liner band is marked RBNr. 0/0256/0038 indicating the Biedermann und Czarnikow (B&C) factory. Some rust under the underside front rim. Some white paint drips to the outside. When acquired, the original liner band and suspension were intact but the leather had rotten away, so another B&C liner was installed using the original aluminum liner brads. The leather had previously been Norwegian red painted but was restored. The original liner size ink stamp 56 is intact. A faint oval ring where former Dutch badge once was. Also some faint red paint in this area.