Headgear
(Field Caps and Sidecaps)
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Field Caps and Soft Caps (overseas) Heer
(Army) |
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#6038 |
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Heer M43 Visored Field Cap with Edelweiss Badge Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men of field-grey wool, two button front with painted
pebbled buttons and a light-grey rayon lining. Cap is stamped with date
“1944”, size “57”, and RB. Nr. Insignia is enlisted
grade machine-woven eagle/cockade trapezoid that is machine-applied. The left
side of the cap has a well-worn metal Edelweiss badge hand-sewn to the left turn-up
panel. There is moderate soiling
to the exterior and lining, but overall in very good
condition. |
$1500 |
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#6039 |
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Heer M43 Visored Field Cap Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men of field-grey wool, two button front with painted
pebbled buttons and a grey-brown ribbed cotton lining. Cap is
stamped with manufacturer and size “57”. Insignia is enlisted
grade machine-woven trapezoid that is factory zip and flip machine-applied. Overall excellent condition with some
staining and spotting to the lining. |
$1200 |
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#5821 |
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Heer M43 Panzer Visored Field Cap Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men in the Panzer troops of the Heer. Black wool, two button front with
black painted pebbled buttons and a light-grey rayon lining. Cap is stamped with date
“1944”, size “57 ”, and “RB. Nr.
0/2028/1610”. Insignia is a zip and flip factory machine-stitched
trapezoid. Cap is in very good to
excellent condition with no mothing and light soiling to the interior. |
$4200 |
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#5743 |
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Heer Tropical Panzer Overseas Cap Cotton twill, oliver-colored base
cap with olive painted grommets and lined in bright red cotton. Machine-applied tropical eagle,
cockade and soutache. The soutache is pink for Panzer troops. Liner is stamped in black ink with the
manufacturer name, dated 42 and size 57. Excellent condition. |
$2000 |
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#5744 |
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Heer Tropical Panzer Overseas Cap Cotton twill, oliver-colored
base cap with olive painted grommets and lined in bright red cotton. Machine-applied tropical eagle,
cockade and soutache. The soutache is pink for Panzer troops. Liner is stamped in black ink with the
manufacturer name and size 60. Excellent condition. |
$2000 |
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#5745 |
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Heer Tropical Panzer-Grenadier Overseas Cap Cotton twill, oliver-colored
base cap with olive painted grommets and lined in bright red cotton. Hand-sewn tropical eagle, cockade and
soutache. The soutache is lime green for Panzer-Grenadier troops. Liner is stamped in black ink with the
manufacturer name and size 57. Excellent condition. |
$1600 |
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#5746 |
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Heer Panzer Enlisted Overseas Cap Field-grey wool base cap with painted grommets. Hand-sewn eagle, machine-sewn cockade
and soutache. The soutache is pink for Panzer troops. Grey cotton liner is stamped in black
ink with the manufacturer name, date 1941 and size 55. Excellent condition. |
$850 |
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#5747 |
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Heer Black Panzer “Signals” Enlisted Overseas
Cap Black wool base cap with metal grommets. Hand-sewn eagle, green-backed cockade
and soutache. The soutache is a faded lemon yellow for Signals (Panzer-Nachrichten) troops.
Grey cotton liner is depot stamped in black ink with indecipherable
red ink stamps. Excellent condition. |
$2000 |
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#5748 |
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Heer Black Panzer “Artillery” Enlisted
Overseas Cap Black wool base cap with metal grommets. Hand-sewn eagle, cockade and soutache.
The soutache is a red for Artillery (Panzer-Artillerie)
troops. Black cotton liner with
white maker stamp for Clemens Wagner. Small hole in top of hat on left side. |
$2250 |
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#5694 |
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Heer Tropical Overseas Cap Cotton twill, oliver-colored
base cap with olive painted grommets and lined in bright red cotton. Machine-applied tropical eagle,
cockade and soutache. The soutache is a grass green for a possible rifle
regiment or panzergrenadier unit. The liner is stamped in black ink with
the manufacturer name, dated 1941 and size 57. Overall
very good condition with some light staining on one side panel and fraying to
the inside seam of the other side panel. |
$750 |
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#5620 |
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Heer Bergmutze Visored Field Cap 1934 style Mountain Cap or “Bergmutze”
in field grey with side panels buttoned in front by two corozo nut buttons.
Single vent grommets on each side. Inside is lined in gold rayon with a front
stiffener and a leather sweatband. Metal Edelweiss sewn to left panel. |
SOLD |
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#5426 |
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Heer Panzer Beret, Early Style This is a very early style (pre
1935) black panzer beret. Before
October of 1935 beret’s only utilized a wreath and cockade, no eagle.
Typical two piece beret with a wool cloth cover and a padded crash helmet
base. The wool cover has a very
interesting wreath that appears to be embroidered directly on to the cover
(not separately applied). Both
the helmet and the cloth cover are in very good to excellent condition with
the sweatband and interior just showing some age. Helmet is maker marked to Robert Lubstein
“Erel”. |
$9700 |
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#5188 |
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Heer M43 Visored Field Cap Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men in the Heer.
Typical constructed heavy wool, field gray cap, two button front with
a brown cotton lining. Cap is
date marked “1944” and size marked “58 ½ ”. There is also an illegible maker or
source stamp above the year. Insignia is a hand stitched trapezoid. Cap is in very good to excellent
condition with no mothing and light soiling to the interior. |
SOLD |
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#5033 |
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Heer Panzer Beret Two-piece black wool beret for
use with the panzer wrap uniform.
Removable soft wool top cover with a lappet at top center and machine
woven wreath and national emblem, both in white, hand sewn to the front. Cover is attached to a thickly padded
crash helmet with four vents that still have removable plugs. Sweatband is intact, oilcloth top is
stiff from age, but no damage or cracks.
Helmet is maker marked to “Carl Halfar”. Excellent condition. |
SOLD |
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#4924 |
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Heer Panzer Officers M43 Field Cap Black, soft tricot wool visored
field cap for an officer in the Heer Panzer Korps. This is an extremely rare cap, made
specifically for an officer, not an enlisted upgrade. High quality wool with aluminum piping
across the crown and bullion hand-applied eagle and cockade, with front panel
affixed by two silver pebbled buttons.
Exterior wool is flawless. Interior is lined in soft brown cotton and
maker marked. Size is stamped
“57”. There is
extensive soiling throughout the interior and the leather forehead has some
damage. |
$13,500 |
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#4925 |
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Heer Officers M43 Field Cap Field gray, gabardine wool
visored field cap for an officer in the Heer. High quality wool with aluminum piping
across the crown and machine woven officers flatwire eagle and cockade, with
front panel affixed by two silver pebbled buttons. Exterior wool is flawless, though
piping is coming apart in a couple of places and has loose threads. Interior
is lined in a gray rayon with just very minor soiling. A soft leather sweatband is sewn to
the circumference of the cap. |
SOLD |
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#4465 |
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Heer Tropical Visored Field Cap Variant tropical cap in light
brown with functional side skirts, secured by two silver aluminum buttons
(for an officer) and non-vented.
Trapezoid insignia has the continental green backing (permissible for
officers) and silver gray eagle.
Interior of cap is bright red with no visible stampings. The cap has a lot of wear and dirt to
both exterior and interior with a few small tears to the interior lining. |
$2100 |
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#4466 |
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Heer Afrika Korps Visored Field Cap White cotton twill visored field
cap with simulated side skirts but no vents. Visor cardboard has been
“broken” as a crusher and a tropical breast eagle has been hand
sewn to the cap crown. Interior
cap lining is the same material as the exterior and has no markings, though
it appears a label may have been removed from the rear. |
$1080 |
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The
Luftwaffe |
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#5695 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Overseas Cap Regulation tricot overseas cap for
an officer in the Luftwaffe. Cap
insignia consists of officer-quality hand-embroidered aluminum wire eagle and
cockade, both hand-sewn to the front, and aluminum piping machine-applied
around the scallop. Interior of
the hat is blue-gray rayon and has two size stampings of “56” and
“59”. The cap measures out to be approximately a 56. Cap body and interior is in excellent
condition with no damage or soiling. |
SOLD |
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#5696 |
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Luftwaffe “Hermann Meyer” Tropical Field Cap Tan-colored cotton twill
construction, with the rare detachable neck covering, partial cloth sweatband
and lined in bright red cotton.
Insignia consists of machine-woven trapezoid eagle and rectangular
wreath/cockade, both factory machine-applied. Two steel ventilation grommets
at each side, rear flap attached by three brown plastic buttons. Lining is stamped in black ink with
the RBNr, dated “1943” and size
“58”. Very good
condition, with some minor soiling to the cap top and neck covering. |
SOLD |
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#5697 |
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Luftwaffe EM/NCO M43 Field Cap Blue-grey wool cap body with
ear/neck flaps attached by two painted pebbled buttons at front. Insignia consists of separate woven
eagle and cockade, both machine applied with tip of
eagle sewn across top of cockade.
Eagle was applied before cap was sewn together as the stitching line
for attachment of the top goes across the eagle wing tips. Lining is
blue-grey rayon and has black stamps with RBNr,
date of “1944” and size “56”. Wear, sweat soiling and holes to the
inside lining, some abrasions to top of the cap. Nice example showing field wear. |
SOLD |
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#4478 |
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Luftwaffe Hermann Goring Division Visored Bergmutze Field
Cap Blue-gray M43 visored Bergmutze
style field cap, piped in white for members of the Hermann Goring units. Insignia consists of machine
embroidered cap eagle and cockade, both over a light gray backing. Bergmutze style, single button front,
with a blue-gray pebbled button.
Interior is gray cotton twill, size marked to 57. Cap is in near perfect condition with
just very light soiling to the interior forehead area. While piping field caps was
non-regulation, it was not uncommon in the HG division, as noted in
Angolia’s “Uniforms and Traditions of the Luftwaffe”. This
cap is also featured on pages 206-207 in the new book “Exotische”, which explores exotic and high ranking
headgear from many advanced collections. |
$3500 |
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#4468 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Overseas Cap Regulation tricot overseas cap
for an officer in the Luftwaffe.
Cap insignia consists of an enlisted eagle and cockade hand sewn to
the front and aluminum piping machine sewn around the scallop. Interior of the hat is gray artificial
silk and has a size stamping of “58”. Cap body has a few snags to the right
side and a small hole to the right of the cockade. Interior shows soiling in all of the
usual places but is otherwise intact. |
$780 |
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#4469 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Overseas Cap Lightweight, very fine doeskin overseas
cap for an officer in the Luftwaffe. Cap insignia consists of an enlisted
eagle and cockade hand sewn to the front and aluminum piping machine sewn
around the scallop. Interior of
the hat is a silver gray rayon material.
Cap body and interior are in very good condition with no moth damage,
snags or holes. |
$780 |
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#4470 |
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Luftwaffe Enlisted Overseas Cap Heavy Eskimo wool overseas cap
for an enlisted man in the Luftwaffe.
Cap insignia consists of an enlisted eagle and cockade hand sewn to
the front. Interior of the hat is
a gray cotton material and is maker marked to “Carl Halfar” and
is a size “53”. The
cap body and interior are in very good condition with no moth damage, snags
or holes and only light soiling to the interior. Cap has dark blue piping around the
crown (see photos). |
$360 |
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#4429 |
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Luftwaffe Female Communications Auxiliaries Overseas Cap Nice, clean cap in faded blue-gray
fine tricot wool with a machine embroidered Luftwaffe national emblem hand
sewn to the front. Twisted piping
surrounds the side scallop in a light golden brown, cinnamon color. The interior is lined in a gray,
artificial silk with no maker or size markings and some very slight sweat
staining. Nice cap with no major
issues, just showing some light color fading to the exposed exterior. |
$650 |
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The
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#5822 |
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Kriegsmarine Officer serving on Cruiser Karlsruhe Side Cap Dark blue wool cloth body with
golden-yellow celleon piping around the side
flap. Insignia consists of
machine-woven gold eagle on dark blue backing, hand-sewn and a national
cockade on black backing, machine-sewn. Cap badge of a brass disc with enamled art of a ship and “Kreuzer
Karlsruhe”, pinned to the left side. Interior is lined in black cotton with
stamped manufacturer identification, date “1941” and size
“58”. There is a
separately applied white cloth tag with red embroidered owners name
“Berndt” and unit identification. |
$1350 |
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#4473 |
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Kriegsmarine Tropical Visored Field Cap French made tropical visored
field cap for an officer in the Kriegsmarine. Cap is tan cotton twill with simulated
side skirts and unvented.
Insignia consists of a gold machine embroidered enlisted eagle and
national colors cockade both over tan backing and hand sewn to the
front. The interior is a pale
gold artificial silk with a |
$1560 |
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#4464 |
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Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery Officers Visored Field Cap High peaked, tailor-made visored
field cap for an officer in the Kriegsmarine land-based units or coastal
artillery. Cap exterior is a very
fine tricot with dark gold piping along the crown. Insignia is a one piece eagle/cockade
(the eagle may have been period colored). Two gold, shiny non-pebbled buttons
secure the front flaps. Interior
is gray herringbone pattern with dark brown leather sweatband. Very clean cap showing some fading to
age, but no damage. |
$1680 |
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The
Waffen SS/Allgemiene SS |
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#5749 |
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Waffen SS Panzer Enlisted Field Cap Black wool M43 pattern visored
field cap for enlisted men in the Waffen SS Panzer Korps. Machine-embroidered trapezoid of silver-grey thread eagle and
skull, zig-zag stitched to the front panel. Side panel flaps with button
closure using two black pastic buttons. Cloth
covered visor with exposed underside of cardboard stiffener. Lined in grey herringbone pattern
cotton with size stamp 59 at center.
This is one of the “Dachau” caps that were seized from the
Dachau concentration camp at the end of the war and is in un-issued
condition. |
SOLD |
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#4927 |
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Waffen SS Panzer Officers Field Cap Black wool field cap for an officer
in the Waffen SS Panzer troops.
Cap crown is piped in silver aluminum for officers. Insignia consists of machine woven
eagle and deaths head, separately sewn to the cap crown and lower front
panel. Interior is a black rayon, and is void of any size or maker
stamps. There is a split of the
rear, interior seam where the threads have come apart, otherwise this cap is
in near mint condition. |
SOLD |
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#5294 |
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Waffen SS Panzer Other Ranks Field Cap Black wool field cap for an
enlisted man or nco in the Waffen SS Panzer troops. Black wool cap body is in good
condition except for a small white stain (paint?) on the crown. Hand-sewn eagle, deaths head and pink
soutache piping. Interior is a dark
charcoal cotton twill lining with no markings and some soiling around the
edge of the cap on all sides. |
SOLD |
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#4928 |
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Waffen SS Officers Bergmutze Cap Field gray, soft tricot mountain
troops “Bergmutze” with a tall front panel and silver pebbled two
button front closure. The cap is
piped in aluminum officers cord with a machine embroidered Edelweiss badge
hand-sewn on the left panel and a one piece machine-woven eagle/skull
trapezoid on the front. The cap
exterior is in near-mint condition with no visible flaws. The interior is lined in a olive
rayon, size marked “54” and has a leather strip sewn in the
forehead area. |
$4800 |
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#4754 |
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Waffen SS Panzer Officers Field Cap Black wool M43 pattern visored
field cap for an officer in the Waffen SS Panzer Korps. Exterior is very clean with no damage
showing very minor age and wear.
Cap crown is piped in aluminum for officers and the front panel has a
machine woven eagle/skull trapezoid properly sewn. Two silver pebbled buttons attach the
front closure. Interior is a
brown cotton and size stamped. |
$10,500 |
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#4755 |
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Waffen SS Cavalry Officers Field Cap Field gray model 1940 standard
issue field cap for an officer in the Waffen SS Cavalry. Cap crown is piped in silver aluminum
for officers and the lower front panel has the branch color of golden yellow
soutache attached, signifying Cavalry troops. Insignia consists of machine woven
eagle and deaths head, separately sewn to the cap crown and lower front
panel. Interior is a gray rayon, size stamped and very clean. Extremely rare cap in near mint
condition. |
SOLD |
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#4426 |
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Allgemeine SS Enlisted Overseas Cap Allg. SS overseas cap in black wool
with a second pattern machine woven SS cap eagle in light gray over black,
sewn to the front of the cap (they were also sewn on the side panel). Sewn below the eagle is the early,
pebbled totenkopf deaths head button.
Interior of the cap is a gray, artificial silk/rayon stamped size
“55” and with an SS RZM tag to maker #4. Very clean cap showing only some very
light staining in the forehead area of the interior. |
SOLD |
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#5579 |
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Polizei Visored Field Cap Summer weight or tropical use
visored field cap for use by Polizei personnel. Cap is made of a light mottled
light-green and tan cotton fabric, very similar in color and texture to that
of the backing used for Luft breast eagles on the FJ jump smock (see last
image in listing for close-up of fabric). The cap has faded heavily on the top
and has more coloration on the visor underside, though it is obviously still
a very light color. Interior is lined in a very light-grey cotton with some
heavy sweat stains to the forehead area. Insignia consists of a one-piece
Police eagle/cockade, flipped upside down and sewn across the top, then
flipped back over and finished along the sides and bottom. |
$1200 |
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#4432 |
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SA Officers Overseas Cap Rarely encountered aluminum piped
overseas cap for an officer in the SA (Sturmabtielung). Heavy, earth brown wool cap with
silver piping surrounding the crown and a second area of piping across the
front scallop. A golden-yellow
machine woven eagle trapezoid is stitched to the right front side and a
brown, enamel grommet vent adorns both sides. Interior is size marked “58”
and has a RZM label affixed to the top.
Very clean cap with no damage or staining. |
$2520 |
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