Poland, Republic. A Rare WZ31 Steel Border Guard Helmet, Named Auction Archive Bartholomew would eventually graduate from

Bartholomew would eventually graduate from the Dentistry School at the University of Toronto

Bales served in Canada

23 Operational Training Unit at Pershore on August 3rd

one officer’s breast eagle

stating he had no previous military service

Poland, Republic. A Rare WZ31 Steel Border Guard Helmet, Named Auction Archive Bartholomew would eventually graduate fromA Rare wz31 Pattern Steel Combat Helmet, one piece helmet with a slight undercut and a small but visible contoured visor, helmet edges cut and rounded, pressed in alloy steel, retaining much of its original rough textured exterior grey blued paint finish differentiating itself from the standard and more common army "Salamandra" finished helmets, the blue grey versions of the WZ31 before September 1939, were specifically worn by Polish police forces