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Mecklenburg Tschako Plate


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Tschako Plate most likely for post 1920 Reitende Landgendarmerie*, Land Mecklenburg. Identical to the emblem of II. Btl. Grenadier-Regiment 89 for Mecklenburg-Strelitz, which did not bear a crown in its emblem. However, this is the version adapted for wear on the Tschako as worn by the above mentioned authorities after 1920. During February 1918, Adolf Friedrich VI. died without leaving any heirs  to the throne. Friedrich Franz IV. of Mecklenburg-Schwerin took over the regency of the state until his abdication in November 1918. In 1920 both lands of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz were united as one state as Freistaat Mecklenburg within the Weimar Republik.

Tschako models of the period are known in two versions, the Tschako was in the form of the traditional Prussian Tschako, with the difference that the head part was formed of spanish cane and covered with either bright red or bright green cloth. The top and the bottom edging and peaks were in the usual black lacquered leather. A cockade was worn in the colours of Mecklenburg, red-yellow-blue.

* The Reitende Landgendarmerie Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Distrikt-Husaren) wore the red topped Tschako, the Gendarmerie zu Fuß wore a light green coloured Tschako.

 

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