Polizei/Gendarme Reissue

General Information: After the First World War, the Republic of Austria equipped the Polizei of Vienna and the gendarmerie in other parts of the country with German style steel helmets (see: Austrian Gendarme).  The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) prohibited the use of steel helmets for use by forces other than the Austrian federal army.[1] DespiteContinue reading “Polizei/Gendarme Reissue”