Bohemia & Moravia, Protectorate. A Municipal Police Officer-Grade Felt Helmet, By Jan Malina certificate_of_authenticity ( ex George Petersen collection)

( ex George Petersen collection)

reassessed

advising Wilhelm Peters that

Wildfire (1899

marked by maker’s mark of Friedrich Rothe

Bohemia & Moravia, Protectorate. A Municipal Police Officer-Grade Felt Helmet, By Jan Malina certificate_of_authenticity ( ex George Petersen collection)An extremely well preserved officer grade Municipal Police felt helmet, constructed of a sturdy black pressed composite fibre. The shell features two gilded bronze crossbars which meet in the middle in the centre of the crown, and connect at all four ends to a band of identical construction set around the lower shell. Pinned onto the peak of the helmet is an insignia consisting of a central gilded Protectorate coat of arms, within a circular linden