Headgear
(Visor Cap, Field Caps, Helmets)
Note: Visor caps are covered first, by service branch (Heer, SS, Luft,
etc.).
Scroll down for field caps, overseas caps and helmets, which
are also individually
listed by service branch.
I have access to
many pieces of headgear that are not listed on this page…if you are
looking for something specific, please feel free to contact
me to see if I have what you are
looking for. WANTED! New Consignments! Most of the items on this website are consignment from
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sell, I may have a market for them. I also occasionally buy militaria, if it’s
something of interest or have a customer for it. Please visit my “consignment” page for more information. Visor Caps The
Heer (Army) |
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#5648 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap Pink piped officer visor cap with
the very desirable bullion insignia.
Cap body is a fine doeskin, in wonderful shape with no noticeable
damage or mothing. The interior
is lined in a gold artificial silk and exhibits the “Viro” maker
label, sweatshield is no longer intact.
The sweatband is cracked on one side and very brittle, so it is
difficult to get underneath the sweatband to get good photographs beyond what
is shown. |
$2200 |
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#5649 |
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Heer General Staff Officer’s Visor Cap Carmine piped officer visor cap in
a doeskin fabric, with a nice, high peak and made by Erel. Exterior is a mixture of a metal eagle
and bullion/metal wreath and non-vented cockade. The interior is lined in a
gold artificial silk and marked to Erel, as is the sweatband. Overall both the exterior and interior
of this cap is in excellent to near-mint condition. |
$2200 |
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#5650 |
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Heer Medical NCO Visor Cap Cornflower blue piped NCO visor
cap in a soft, tricot wool fabric, with a nice saddle shape. Clean exterior
with no damage or flaws. Metal
eagle and bullion/metal wreath, black leather chinstrap and buckle. The
interior is lined in a brown cottonfabric, no maker markings but it does have
a size stamp of “54 ½” on the fabric beneath the
sweatshield (which has some stitching loose at the top). Underneath the sweatband there are
multiple stamps and unit identification. |
$2200 |
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#5463 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap by ‘Paul
Kaps’ A great looking ‘crusher
style’ visor cap for an officer in the German Infantry, by a highly
desirable maker. The base cap is
a high grade doeskin wool piped in white branch cloth for infantry. The cap has been
‘converted’ to a crusher by the removal of the chincord buttons
and addition of a pliable, leather visor, with the holes from the cord buttons
still slightly visible. This
visor cap is made by the firm “Paul Kaps”, which is embossed into
the sweatband. The cap also
features the unique bullion wreath insignia used by the Kaps firm in which
the backing around the wreath has been very carefully trimmed. |
$2300 |
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#5464 |
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Heer Artillery Officer’s Crusher Cap A true crusher cap for an officer
serving in the German Artillery.
The cap base is made from a high quality, lightweight tricot wool in a
field-grey color, with a very nice saddle shape and bent back,
‘crushed’ high peak, with a bright red piping around the cap
crown and cap band. Insignia is
the typical crusher style machine-woven metallic thread wreath/cockade and a
silver wire machine woven officers eagle at the crown. Pliable leather crusher visor. Sweatband and liner is marked to
“Erel”. Some moisture
staining to lining, but otherwise extremely clean. |
$2420 Revised Price! |
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#5428 |
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Heer Panzer Officer Visor Cap A unique visor cap for an officer
in the Panzer korps, who had the chincords removed to provide a
“crusher” appearance to the cap. Cap body is made from a high grade
tricot wool and piped in bright pank indicating panzer service. Insignia consists of a
hand-embroidered bullion wreath with metal cockade and metal national eagle
emblem. The cap body wool is in
very good condition with a small hole on the top rear. The interior is also very clean and
maker marked to “Erel” with a green lining and of
“Extra” quality.
Lining shows repairs from chin cord removal. Period German newspaper was used as
reinforcement under the forehead sweatband. |
$1800 |
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#5292 |
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Heer Panzergrenadier Officer Visor Cap Beautiful saddle shaped visor cap
piped in lime green for an officer serving in the Panzergrenadiers. Cap body is made from a high quality,
soft twill tricot wool and does not have any mothing, holes or abrasions. Matching bright aluminum national
eagle emblem and wreath/cockade decorate the cap along with silver bullion
chincords. Visor is vulkanfibre
and free of damage. The interior
sweatband has been repaired with a patch of leather at the rear of the cap
and the sweatshield has worn away. |
$2000 |
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#5287 |
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Heer Infantry Crusher Cap Crusher style visor cap piped in
white indicating use by Infantry troops.
Cap body is a very high quality doeskin wool which is very clean and
has no holes or mothing. Insignia
consists of an aluminum eagle and a bullion, hand-embroidered wreath and
cockade. Soft, leather crusher
visor shows some cracking and crazing top and bottom. The interior is in very good condition
with an intact sweatshield and maker mark underneath. The officers name is written on the
sweatband. |
$1800 |
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#5285 |
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Heer Feldgendarmarie Crusher Cap Bright orange piped crusher cap
for an officer in the Feldgendarmarie (Field Police) branch of service. Cap
body is made from a medium grade field gray wool with some minor wear to the
nap, but no holes or mothing.
Insignia consists of hand applied bullion eagle and wreath/cockade.
Pliable leather visor has in indentation on the surface, but no damages. The interior is in good condition but
has a missing sweatshield. The
sweatband has a few cracks to the leather but is otherwise intact. Rare branch color for a crusher. |
$3600 |
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#5284 |
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Heer Signals Crusher Cap Crusher style visor cap piped in
lemon yellow indicating use by signals troops. Tricot twill wool cap body in very
good to excellent condition with just a couple abrasions. Bullion insignia is matching in wear
and an officers bullion chincord has been added. Visor is soft, pliable matte leather.
Interior of hat is maker marked to “Erel” on the sweatband and
under the sweatshield, which has some cracking but is otherwise intact. |
$1200 |
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#5283 |
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Heer Infantry Crusher Cap High peaked crusher cap piped in
white for the infantry. Cap body is made from a thick, twill wool and is in
good condition with a couple of small holes and abrasions to the top rear of
the cap. Bullion insignia
matches, with highlight threads of the same color. Visor is soft, pliable leather in very
good condition. Interior is
unmarked, but in very good condition except for the sweatshield which is
cracked and has missing pieces. |
$2500 |
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#5282 |
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Heer Artillery Crusher Cap Red piped old style crusher
indicating use by troops in the artillery. Cap body is tricot twill wool and in
very good condition with no damage.
Insignia is machine woven silver wire eagle & wreath/cockade as
per regulation. Pliable leather
visor has an impression on the top.
Interior is unmarked and in fair to good condition with a brittle
sweatband with many cracks.
Sweatshield is intact and liner shows quite a bit of soiling and wear. |
$2650 |
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#5232 |
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Heer Trupponsonderdienst Troops Crusher Cap Dark blue piped visor for an
officer in the Trupponsonderdienst service. Private purchase cap made from very
fine tricot and in excellent condition with no issues. Aluminum chincord, bullion wreath ,
metal cockade and cap eagle.
Interior of cap is very clean showing only light wear. Cap owner inscribed his name in pencil
on both the visor underside and the sweatband (appears to be
“Harmel”). |
SOLD |
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#5212 |
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Heer Panzergrenadier Officer’s Visor Cap Officers visor cap piped in the
rarely encountered lime green branch piping for Panzergrenadier troops. Cap body is manufactured in a soft
tricot wool and is in excellent condition with no holes or nips. The eagle is a brighter aluminum and
may have been replaced. Cap is
maker marked to “Erel” on the sweatband and has a mint green
lining and intact sweatshield.
The interior lining and sweatband show quite a bit of soiling and
moisture wear. Nice hat with that great Erel profile. |
SOLD |
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#5019 |
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Heer Medical Officer’s Visor Cap Absolutely beautiful, stone-mint
Heer Medical officer visor by Erel. Fine, field gray whipcord cap body
piped in dark blue for Medical service in mint condition with no flaws.
Insignia consists of aluminum eagle, wreath and cockade with silver aluminum
bullion chincords. Visor surface
and underside are perfect. The
interior is mint green lined with a perfect sweatshield and marked
“Extra”. The Erel
logo is in silver foil and also stamped into the sweatband, which is equally
flawless. Cap is pencil size
marked “VIII” indicating a size 58. If you like mint headgear, this is it! |
SOLD |
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#4782 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Sun Bleached Tropic Used
Visor Cap Heer Infantry officers private
purchase, tricot visor, originally field grey but heavily sun bleached from
tropical service. Visor caps were rarely worn in the tropics, primarily by
Generals and high ranking officers. Insignia consists of bullion eagle and
wreath/cockade with aluminum chincord and pebbled buttons. Interior is lined in brown artificial
silk and shows a moderate amount of wear and soiling from use. Sweatshield is intact, but damaged.
Exterior shows a fair amount of wear and soiling. The original field gray color is
visible in areas not directly exposed to the sun. |
$1400 New Price |
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#4610 |
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Heer Mountain Troops Officer’s Visor Cap Light Green piped Heer officers visor
for an officer serving in the Jager/Gebirgsjager troops. Cap body is a gray, doeskin wool and
clean except for a very minor 15mm abrasion on the top, exposing the base
cloth weave. Metal insignia and
bullion chincords. Interior is
very clean and exhibits no issues.
Private purchase cap. |
$1100 Reduced Price |
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#4611 |
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Heer Administrative Personnel Officer’s Visor Cap Dark Green piped Heer officers
visor for an officer serving in the administrative services. Cap is manufactured by Erel, double
marked and features the rarely encountered (on an Erel) two side vent
grommets. Cap body is in very
good condition, interior shows some moderate wear and soiling but no damage. |
SOLD |
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#4613 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap Private purchase officers cap in
tricot wool, piped in white for Infantry. Cap features a very nice, high peak
and is extremely clean with no wear or soiling. The metal insignia is nice and evenly
matched and the chincord is also nicely aged celleon. Interior is near mint and size marked
“58”. |
$950 Reduced Price |
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#4614 |
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Heer Smoke Troops Officer’s Visor Cap Rarely encountered |
SOLD |
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#4617 |
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Heer Signals Officer’s Visor Cap Lemon yellow piped visor for an
officer in the Signals Troops.
Private purchase cap of very good quality and a nice, high peak. Cap body is made of tricot and has one
small snag at the back of the top and the underside of the back. Aluminum insignia and silver
chincord. Interior is very good
to excellent with soiling around front of sweatband. Sweatshield is 100% intact with no
cracks or breaks. |
$1100 Reduced Price |
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#4618 |
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Heer Engineers/Pioneers Officer’s Visor Cap Black piped visor for an officer
in Engineers. This cap is made by
the L. R. Feumer firm of |
$1200 Reduced Price |
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#4619 |
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Heer Supply Troops Officer’s Visor Cap Light blue piped visor for an officer in the
Transport and Supply troops (could also be Secret Field Police or Reich Court
Martial Officials). This cap is
made by Pekuro and has the high front peak associated with this maker. Cap body is a fine tricot, extremely
clean with absolutely no issues.
The interior shows some light to moderate soiling to the lining and
the sweatband, but no damage.
Sweatshield is completely intact.
The visor is loose and should be restitched. |
SOLD |
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#4621 |
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Heer Medical/ Supply TrainingSchools or Administrative
Service Officer’s Visor Cap Medium, bright blue piped visor
believed to be for an officer serving in either the Supply training schools
of officers of Administrative service.
This cap is made by the Franz Ritter firm and features his logo of a
Knight with a lance mounted upon a horse underneath an intact
sweatshield.. Cap is sized
56 and is very clean both on the interior and exterior, showing no issues. |
SOLD |
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#4622 |
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Heer Military Police Officer’s Visor Cap Orange Red piped visor for an
officer in the Heer Military Police.
Private purchase cap marked “Beste Qualitat” and made from
doeskin wool. Cap, visor and
insignia all show nice, even, honest age. A few moth nips at the back of the cap
body and into the piping.
Interior shows a moderate amount of soiling and wear to sweatband, but
sweatshield is still intact.
Underside of visor shows wear pattern from thumb. |
SOLD |
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#4624 |
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Heer Artillery Officer’s Visor Cap Minty Red piped visor for an
officer in the Heer artillery.
Private purchase cap marked “Die Qualitatsmutze” in a
fine, high grade doeskin wool.
Cap body and band are perfect with no issues. Visor has just the slightest crazing,
but otherwise also near perfect.
Interior of cap has sweatshield intact and owners name inserted under
the shield. The lining has same staining
across the rayon top. Sweatband
shows some very minor wear and soiling, but no damage or issues. Size marked “54”. |
$900 Reduced Price |
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#5465 |
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Allgemeine SS Early NCO Visor Cap A early style visor cap for an
NCO serving in the Allgemeine SS, made from a lightweight black tricot wool,
in excellent condition with no damage or mothing and a black leather
chinstrap. The insignia consists
of the early first pattern eagle and deaths head as well as a non-regulation
metal edelweiss attached to the left cap band towards the rear of the hat. The interior lining is the typical rust
brown textured muslim top with gold foil SS runes, brown/orange rayon pleated
side lining and a soft tan leather sweatband. Cap is RZM tagged and marked on the
underside of the visor. |
$5600 |
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#5466 |
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Allgemeine SS Officer Visor Cap An early pattern Allgemine SS
officer visor cap with a soft leather visor and 2nd pattern insignia. Base cap is made from a soft black
wool and piped around the crown and cap band with white cotton piping. Silver aluminum chincords are affixed
to the cap with silver pebbled buttons at each side. The interior is lined in a black, soft
brushed cotton. The sweatshield
is intact and the sweatband is in excellent condition. No maker markings or RZM tags. |
$13,000 |
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#5030 |
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Waffen SS Officer Visor Cap A field gray SS nco’s visor
cap, piped in white. Cap body is a
lightweight soft wool, which is very clean with a couple tiny repairs on top.
Cap band, visor and aluminum chincord are all in excellent condition showing
minimal wear and age. Metal eagle and skull insignia show consistent wear and
age. The interior has some wear and soiling to the gold, artificial silk
lining. The sweatshield is intact
and the cap is a “Erel” Standard, in silver foil lettering. The sweatband shows some heavy damage
to the front of the cap as well as the sides. |
$11,750 |
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#5029 |
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Waffen SS EM/NCO Visor Cap A field gray SS nco’s visor
cap, piped in white. Cap body is a
soft, doeskin and has some moth damage to the front and top. Cap band, visor
and chinstrap are all in very good to excellent condition showing minimal
wear and age. Metal eagle and skull insignia show even age and tone. The
interior has some wear and soiling to the gold, artificial silk lining, but
the sweatband and sweatshield are both intact. Hat is marked “Extra Klasse
Stirndruckfrei” on the sweatshield. |
$6900 |
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#4921 |
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Waffen SS EM/NCO Visor Cap A salty, field gray SS
nco’s visor cap, piped in white.
Cap body is a heavy grade wool but free of snags or mothing. with one
snag hole on the right front panel. Cap band, visor and chinstrap are all in
good to excellent condition showing minimal wear and age. The interior shows some wear with
cracks to the sweatband, as well as a missing piece and the skull has been pushed
through the band. The lining is a gray rayon with some sweat staining and a
missing sweatshield. No size or maker markings, but quadrant red pencil
markings are still visible. |
$7200 |
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#4922 |
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Waffen SS Mountain Troops EM/NCO Visor Cap A nicely saddle-shaped, field
gray SS nco’s visor cap, piped in green to indicate service in the
Mountain Troops. Cap body is a
soft doeskin with one snag hole on the right front panel. Cap band, visor and
chinstrap are all in excellent condition. The interior shows some wear with
cracks to the sweatband and portions of the celluloid sweatshield cracked or
missing, The lining is a gold-brown rayon top with cotton side panels loosely
stitched. |
$12,000 |
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The
Luftwaffe |
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#5577 |
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Luftwaffe FJ Unit Marked NCO Visor Visor cap for other ranks serving
in the Luftwaffe, this cap marked for a soldier serving in the Fallschirmjaeger
troops. Cap is made from a soft,
high quality blue grey wool (not tricot) and is in excellent condition with
no damage or mothing. Piping is
in golden yellow and insignia is the regulation aluminum wreath and
eagle. The visor has some
impressions on the surface from the chinstrap. Interior is near-mint and maker marked
to Robert Lubstein, size 57 ½ .
The sweatshield is completely intact. Underside of the sweatband is stamped
“I./Fallsch.-Jager Rgt. 1 4. Komp. I” |
$1400 |
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#5419 |
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Luftwaffe Penal Division NCO Visor Extremely rare visor cap for personnel
assigned to the Penal units of the Luftwaffe. Base cap is a coarse blue-grey wool
which is piped around the crown and cap band in the same blue-grey cloth
color, indicating Penal service.
Condition is very good to excellent with two tiny holes, one in the
front panel to the right of the eagle and the other by the cap band
piping. Cap interior is in very
good condition as well with few issues.
The underside of the sweatband is unit marked and one section has been
cut-out (perhaps a name?). It is
size stamped “57”.
Great condition and very, very rare! |
SOLD |
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#5467 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Crusher Style Visor A converted ‘crusher’
style visor cap for an officer in the Luftwaffe. Cap body is typical blue-grey tricot
wool fabric with mohair cap band and aluminum mesh piping. There are two holes in the cap band
from removal of chincord buttons for conversion. The visor is a soft, pliable leather
with a shiny top surface.
Insignia is silver hand-embroidered bullion showing matching wear. The cap interior is lined in a
brown/gold rayon lining and maker marked to “Pekuro” and has a
soft, black sweatband. |
$3150 Revised Price! |
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#5388 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Visor This is one of the nicer shaped
Luftwaffe officers visors I’ve had with a very tall peak, presenting a
classic profile view. Hat is made
from the typical blue-grey tricot
wool and piped in aluminum mesh wire.
The insignia is all nicely done silver embroidered bullion with an
early droop tail eagle on the crown.
The exterior is in great shape with absolutely no mothing, abrasions
or holes. The interior shows some
wear and cracking to the very brittle, aged sweatband, but the lining is
still in great shape and the celluloid sweat shield is intact. Cap band has
seam at back which is non-standard.
Size looks to be approximately a 57. |
$1250 |
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#5359 |
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Luftwaffe Officers White Top Visor White summer visor hat for an
officer in the Luftwaffe. Nice,
waffle pattern white top with a great crusher appearance and very clean with
just a slight bit of the typical yellowish hue these things get over time,
but no spots on the top or front.
The white top is a snap-on removable piece (snap in the front). The bullion early droop-tail cap eagle
has been loosely hand-stitched in place (not snap-on). The interior is in excellent shape
though the sweatband stitch has come loose. The lining is white with ornate white
pleating. |
$2200 |
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#5348 |
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Luftwaffe Flight Troops White Summer EM/NCO Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO serving in the branch of Flight/Paratroops. Cap body is white, waffle pattern
cotton with a small rust color stain to the left front crown and some general
age discoloration, as most of these white caps do. The cap band is piped in golden yellow
for flight units. Insignia
consists of a metal stamped eagle and metal wreath which is nicely formed
around the cap band. The interior
is un-lined and has a sweatband that is maker marked to “Erel”. |
$850 |
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#5331 |
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Luftwaffe Flight Troops EM/NCO Visor Cap Visor cap for other ranks serving
in the Luftwaffe flight troops.
Cap is made from a soft, high quality blue grey wool (not tricot) and
is in excellent condition with no damage or mothing. Piping is in golden yellow and
insignia is the regulation aluminum wreath and eagle. The visor itself has a textured top
surface and some impressions on the underside. Interior is very clean with mainly
soiling to the soft sweatband.
The sweatshield is completely intact and maker marked to “G.A.
Hoffmann”. Underside of the
sweatband is stamped for a flight school unit. |
$1150 |
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#5332 |
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Luftwaffe Medical Troops EM/NCO Visor Cap Visor cap for other ranks serving
in the Luftwaffe Medical units.
Cap body is made from a typical tricot blue grey wool and is in near
mint condition. Visor surface is
in excellent condition, underside has a small abrasion and chip to green
paint. Interior is in very good
to excellent condition though most of the sweatshield is gone. Cap lining is maker marked under
sweatshield area as well as size stamped “57”. |
$1300 |
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#5270 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Erel Visor Cap This is a beautiful Pekuro Luft
officers in near perfect condition displaying that typical Pekuro tall
peak. Cap body is a nice, high
quality tricot with no damage or issues and is adorned with bullion insignia,
also near perfect. The interior shows
some soiling to the sweatband, but otherwise the condition is as nice as the
exterior. The sweatshield is
completely intact and reveals the Pekuro maker mark underneath along with the
tailor/distributor marking. |
SOLD |
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#5193 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Erel “Privat” Visor Cap Well worn and service used
Luftwaffe officers visor cap by Erel.
Cap body is constructed in a very fine quality tricot blue-gray wool
and is in very good condition with a nice saddle shape. There is some wear to the bullion
piping with the reed rod protruding through the mesh in several areas. The
bullion insignia shows some wear and corrosion and is consistent with other
wear. The interior shows a considerable amount of wear and the mint green
lining typical of the “Privat” series has faded to a brownish hue
(though still green in the hidden areas). The sweatshield is long ago broken
away, but the sweatband is intact.
Nice, salty visor with a great shape. |
$1200 |
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#4715 |
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Luftwaffe Reich Air Control Service enlisted/NCO Visor Cap Standard blue-gray service visor
for an enlisted man or NCO in the Reich Air Control. Cap body is a flawless blue gray wool
piped in green for Reich Air Control.
Cap is badged with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Carl Halfar” of |
$2040 |
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#4716 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Visor Cap Nicely peaked Luftwaffe officers
visor cap by Erel. Cap body is constructed
in a very fine quality tricot blue-gray wool showing a minor amount of
wear. The hat is decorated with
aluminum chincords, bullion hand embroidered cap eagle and wreath/cockade,
all of which show wear and age consistent with the cap. Visor is clean with a
bit of wear on the rim from thumb/forefinger removal. Interior shows regular wear and
soiling but no damage and sweatshield is intact. This cap originally had an
RLB eagle (?) and was replaced with a correct Luft eagle. |
$812 |
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#4717 |
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Luftwaffe Medical Service enlisted/nco Visor Cap Standard blue-gray service visor for
an enlisted man or NCO in the Medical Service. Cap body is a blue gray tricot wool
piped in blue for Medical. Cap is
badged with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Carl Halfar” of |
$1440 |
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#4718 |
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Luftwaffe Signals Troops enlisted/nco Visor Cap Standard blue-gray service visor
for an enlisted man or NCO in the Signals Troops. Cap body is a blue gray tricot wool
piped in brown for Signals. Cap
is badged with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Albert Kempf”, size marked “54 1/2” and dated
“1939” Sweatband
shows very light staining around the forehead area and sweatshield is
intact. Very clean hat in
excellent condition. |
$960 |
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#4719 |
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Luftwaffe Flak Artillery, Unit Marked enlisted/nco Visor
Cap Standard blue-gray service visor
for an enlisted man or NCO in Flak Regiment 5. Cap body is a blue gray tricot wool
piped in red for Flak. Cap is
badged with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to “GA
Hoffman”, size marked “54” and dated
“1937” Sweatband is
near-mint and sweatshield is intact.
The cap is unit marked to “1. Batterie/Flak-Rgt 5”
underneath the sweatband. Minty
cap! |
SOLD |
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#4720 |
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Luftwaffe Hermann Goring Division enlisted/nco Visor Cap Standard blue-gray service visor
for an enlisted man or NCO in the Hermann Goring Division. Cap body is a blue gray tricot wool
piped in white for HG units. Cap
is badged with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Robert Lubstein” of |
SOLD |
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#4721 |
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Luftwaffe White-Top Summer enlisted/nco Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO in Flak/Artillery.
Cap body is an extremely clean, white ribbed cotton with a minor stain
to the front crown, but otherwise very clean. The cap band is piped in red for Flak
units. Cap is badged with
aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Karl Kunzi” and size marked “54” in pencil. Sweatband is near-mint except for some
black polish staining. Sweatshield is intact. Very nice cap in clean condition. |
$1625 |
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#4723 |
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Luftwaffe White-Top Summer Flying Troops piped
enlisted/nco Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO in Flight/Paratroops. Cap body is white, waffle pattern
cotton with a few stains to the front crown and some age discoloration. The cap band is piped in golden yellow
for flight units. Cap is badged
with aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked and lined in
a white, artificial silk.
Sweatband is in good condition and the sweatshield is intact. |
$1625 |
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#4724 |
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Luftwaffe Medical Service enlisted/nco Visor Cap Standard blue-gray service visor
for an enlisted man or NCO in the Medical Troops. Cap body is a blue gray, very fine
tricot wool piped in dark blue for Medical units. Cap is badged with aluminum eagle and
wreath and a leather chinstrap.
Interior is maker marked to “Hertlein”, size marked
“60” and is in pristine condition. Sweatband is near-mint and sweatshield
is intact. Beautiful, minty cap
with no issues. |
$2160 |
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#4955 |
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DLV Officers Visor Cap Aluminum piped officers visor for
wear by an officer in the DLV (Deutsche Luftsport Verband), which was the
early Luftwaffe created in 1933.
Cap body is blue gray fine wool with a black velvet cap band. Insignia is all high quality hand
embroidered bullion except for the cockade. The interior shows a moderate amount
of wear and soiling, though no damage, and is maker marked to “C.
Roth”. Very clean hat
showing just minor wear and age. |
$2640 |
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#5525 |
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Kreigsmarine Officer White Top/Blue Top Visor Cap Absolutely mint condition
removable white top officer visor for the ranks of Korvettenkapitan through
Kommodore (as well as Stabsoffiziere and Musikinspizienten). Visor has a
black velvet obverse with a single row of gold wire hand-embroidered
oakleaves along the edge and a gold bullion hand-embroidered wreath/cockade
sewn to the black cap band. A gold metal eagle and gold buttons complete the
insignia. The white top is ribbed cotton and flawless. The interior of the cap is also mint
and lined in a cream yellow ribbed rayon. Comes with a mint blue top and a
locking carrying case. |
SOLD |
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#5420 |
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Kreigsmarine Field Grey Visor Cap Field grey, crusher style visor
cap for Kriegsmarine land-based units.
Cap body is constructed of a fine field grey wool with dark green
piping and a dark green cap band.
The cap body is in excellent condition with no damage or holes. The cap band has two holes to the rear
and side, covered by the cap body overlay. Hand-embroidered wreath/cockade and
gilt wash metal eagle showing nice tone.
Pliable soft visor and nice tall peak. The interior is in good condition and
has some wear and age from moisture. |
$2500 |
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#5355 |
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Kreigsmarine Blue Visored Cap with Cloth Visor Dark blue wool visored cap for
Unteroffizier serving in the Kriegsmarine. This particular example is very rare
in that it has a cloth visor (instead of vulkanfiber). Insignia consists of celleon
embroidered eagle and wreath with a metal cockade. Cap body has a mohair capband and is
adorned with a leather chinstrap. Interior shows quite a bit of wear and some
damage to the sweatband. |
$6200 |
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#5172 |
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“Aviso Grille” Crew Cap Sailor’s cap for crew
members of the Aviso Grille, which as many of you know was Hitler’s
private yacht, which had a complement (crew) of 248. Cap is in excellent condition,
constructed of dark navy blue wool with a cap band reading “Aviso
Grille” and attached tally.
The interior is lined in dark blue cotton fabric with a few tiny holes
and maker mark and size stamped.
The sweatband is a nice, pliable leather in very good condition. The metal eagle device is missing. |
$2850 |
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#5034 |
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Kriegsmarine U-Boat Commander White Top and Blue Top Visor
Cap Grouping A pair of blue and white top visors
for the rank of Korvettenkapitan.
The caps are a grouping to a single officer who has some U-Boat
history, though there is no paper provenance. The white top is an Erel, very
clean top and interior with intact sweatshield. The blue visor has no visible
maker marking and shows a moderate amount of wear. |
White Top SOLD Blue Top is $3600 |
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#4704 |
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Kriegsmarine Tropical Officers Visor Cap Very rarely encountered tropical
visor cap for an officer in the Kriegsmarine. Cap is constructed of the highest
quality in a khaki ribbed cotton material with a cloth billed visor. Insignia is celleon hand embroidered
over a khaki backing and gold colored celleon chincords affixed with a gold
KM button at each end. Interior
of cap is maker marked and has owners name in perforated letters on the
sweatband. Interior shows a
moderate amount of wear but has no major issues. Exterior is very clean. This cap is featured in several
reference books. |
SOLD |
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#4705 |
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Kriegsmarine Officers White Top “Crusher”
Visor Cap Nicely aged and shaped white top
visor for wear by staff officers and Korvettenkapitan through Kommodore
officers. Standard cap body of
dark blue/black mohair cap band with a unique “crusher” cloth
visor. Visor is decorated with an
18mm row of gold embroidered oakleaves, signifying the rank class. Cap band has gold celleon embroidered
wreath and white top has a gilt metal eagle attached. White top has some even staining
across the top, but fairly clean on the front crown and undersides, which is
typical of age on these white caps.
This cap is a Kreigsmarine crusher and never had a chinstrap. |
$5175 |
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#4706 |
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Kriegsmarine Administrative Officers Visor Cap White top visor for wear by
Administrative (Beamte) officers up to the rank of Captain. Standard cap body of dark blue/black
cloth bill and mohair cap band adorned with silver chin cord, which was
regulation for Beamte officers beginning in May of 1936. Cap band has silver embroidered
wreath/cockade and white top has a silver colored metal eagle attached. White top has some even staining
across the top, but fairly clean.
The interior is in excellent condition and is lined in the often seen
deep blue artificial silk lining common to the Kriegsmarine. |
$2520 |
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#4707 |
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Kriegsmarine Administrative Officers Visor Cap Blue top visor for wear by
administrative officers. Standard
cap body of dark blue/black mohair cap band with a silver, bullion age
darkened chinstrap. Visor is a
soft, pliable leather similar to a crusher. Cap band has gold bullion embroidered
wreath and blue top has a gold bullion embroidered eagle attached. Interior is unmarked and has a light
brown colored artificial silk lining which shows moderate soiling and some
cracking to the sweatshield. |
$1920 |
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#4708 |
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Kriegsmarine Officers Visor Cap with White Top, by Erel Extremely mint, dark blue visor
for wear by staff officers and Leutnant zur See through Kapitanleutnant ranks.
Standard cap body of dark blue/black cloth bill and mohair cap band with
leather chinstrap. Visor is
decorated with a 7mm scallopped gold border. Cap band has gold bullion embroidered
wreath and a gilt metal eagle attached.
Separate white top is very clean with just minor wear and
soiling. Cap is made by Erel
O.K.K. Berlin, double marked and size stamped “57”. Very rare and desirable Erel cap. |
$6555 |
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#4709 |
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Kriegsmarine Officers Visor Cap Blue top visor for wear by staff
officers and Korvettenkapitan through Kommodore officers. Standard cap body of dark blue/black
cloth bill and mohair cap band with leather chinstrap. Visor is decorated with an 18mm row of
gold embroidered oakleaves, signifying the rank class. Cap band has gold bullion embroidered
wreath and blue top has a gilt metal eagle attached. Interior has dark blue artificial silk
lining and is marked OKK |
$4140 |
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#4711 |
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Marine/SA NCO Visor Cap Blue top visor for wear by SA
Marine special formations.
Standard cap body of dark blue/black cloth bill and mohair cap band
with leather chinstrap and visor.
Cap band has gold bullion embroidered wreath and blue top has a gold
metal eagle attached. Interior is
unmarked and has the medium blue artificial silk lining common to
Kriegsmarine caps. Sweatband has
some damage and sweatshield is missing. |
$2990 |
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#4712 |
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Kriegsmarine White Top Visorless Sailor’s Cap Standard model 1931 enlisted
ranks white topped visorless cap with “Kriegsmarine” tally. Cap is constructed of navy blue band
and canvas-like white top. Front
of white top is decorated with a gilt eagle and metal cockade. Exterior of the white top has some
stains and what appears to be blue pencil marking. Interior of top and cap is very clean
to excellent. Cap is adorned by
standard war-time issue “Kriegsmarine” tally. |
$1560 |
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#5578 |
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Fire Polizei Officer Visor A truly exceptional example of a
Feuerschutzpolizei officer visor. The exterior of this cap is pristine and
constructed of a very high quality dark blue wool, piped in the carmine red
for this branch of service. A
silver frosted eagle is attached to the front along with a metal
cockade. The interior is equally
of exceptional condition and is maker-marked to “Erel” and is a
“Privat” example, the highest quality Erel. The protective paper wadding is still
tucked up into the interior of the hat. The only flaw is some residue on the
underside of the visor from an adhesive sticker placed there at some time. |
SOLD |
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#5513 |
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Schutzpolizei Officer White Top Visor Cap Extremely clean white top officers
visor cap, which still has a nice, crisp white to the fabric (not yellowed
from time, like so many other white tops), piped in green for the
Schutzpolizei. Cap body is
constructed of a waffle-pattern material with no damage but it does have some
light soiling in places. Insignia
consists of a very high quality two-piece silver eagle/wreath and a metal
cockade and aluminum chin cords. Some minor moth nips to the green wool just
below the bottom cap band piping, mostly towards the rear. The interior is in
excellent condition with a white rayon lining and a gold foil
“Erel” logo underneath the intact sweatshield. The sweatband is
also marked to “Erel”. |
$2850 |
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#5514 |
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Polizei Officer Gendarmerie Shako Officer version of the
Gendarmerie shako with dark brown leather visor, trim and top with a bullion
embroidered cockade inserted into a hole at top front. Insignia consists of a aluminum metal
officer chinstrap and a large silver aluminum eagle. Exterior is very clean
and the leather is in good condition. The stitching is coming loose at the
hat top on one side and the bottom leather cap band is cracked in places. Interior is a copper brown rayon liner
and a soft, light brown sweatband.
The cap dome is maker stamped to “Erel”. A very clean cap. |
$2600 |
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#5421 |
Schutzpolizei Officer White Top Visor Cap Extremely clean white top
officers visor cap, piped in green for the Schutzpolizei. Cap body is constructed of a ribbed
cotton material and still retains a nice, white color with no damage or
stains. Insignia consists of a
very high quality two-piece silver eagle/wreath and a metal cockade and
aluminum chin cords. The interior
is in absolute mint condition with a light yellow rayon lining in a mixture
of ribbed and soft rayon with one of the cleanest sweatshields I’ve
ever encountered. Great hat! |
SOLD |
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#5422 |
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Schutzpolizei NCO White Top Visor Cap This cap body is even nicer than
the officers listed above! Another pristine white top with absolutely no
staining, age coloring or damage and with a nicely shaped peak. The cap band is piped in green. The
eagle on this one is a single piece accompanied by the typical cockade and a
leather NCO chinstrap. The
interior of the cap is also in exquisite form with no issues. It’s constructed of a
blueish-green ribbed rayon with a soft brown sweatband and clean
sweatshield. You won’t find
many white tops in this condition. |
SOLD |
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#5424 |
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Verwaltungspolizei (Administrative) Officer’s Visor
Cap Rarely encountered officers visor
cap for the Administrative branch of the German Police, denoted by the gray
branch color piping. The base cap
is constructed of a fine ribbed tricot wool and is in excellent condition
with no damage, stains or mothing.
The insignia consists of a two-piece, age-toned eagle/wreath and
standard cockade and aluminum chincords.
The visor top is flawless, which is quite a rarity. The interior shows some moderate wear
and soiling from use, but no damage.
A size tag of “59” is inserted in the sweatshield. |
SOLD |
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#5407 |
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Hitler Youth Leaders Crusher Visor Cap Here’s a rarely encountered
item; a crusher visor cap for a Hitler Youth leader. The cap body is made from
a soft twill wool in the standard brown used for the HJ, with a black velvet
cap band and an enamled HJ diamond centered at the front. The cap crown and band are piped in
aluminum mesh and a silver wash eagle is centered at the top peak. The visor itself is cloth covered
using the same material as the cap.
There are holes in the cap band on each side indicating previous chin
cord buttons that have been removed.
Maker marked to “Adolf Heiffer” of Stuttgart. |
$6600 |
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#5468 |
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NSDAP Eastern Leaders Visor Cap Olive brown Political Leaders cap
for a leader serving in the ‘Ostensatz’ service in the East. Cap body is made from a very high
quality olive brown tricot wool and piped around the crown and cap band in a
lemon yellow cotton piping. The
cap band is a brown velvet and the visor is typical ‘Havana’ brown. Insignia consists of metal national
eagle and metal wreath/cockade with gold bullion chin cords secured by gold
pebbled buttons. Interior is gold
coated muslim top with maker foil stamp and intact sweatshield. Side lining is darker gold artificial
silk/rayon. Mint condition. |
$5900 |
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#5289 |
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White Topped Customs Officers Visor Cap and Box White top visor cap for a Customs
Officer in near-mint condition and with the original box. Cap is a removable top that is free of
any stains and retains its brite white waffle pattern fabric. Insignia is nice, crisp silver frosted
eagle and matte wreath, both in customs regulation design. The chincord has the flecked green in
the bullion weave. Interior is
extremely clean though the orange cork at the forehead has dried and is
crumbling (typical). The cap
comes with the original retailers box along with a photo of the cap owner in
his white summer tunic wearing this visor. |
$6500 |
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#5349 |
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NSDAP Orts Level Visor Cap Visor cap for wear by political
officials of the NSDAP serving at the Ortsgruppe level, as indicated by the
light blue cap piping. Cap body
is a typical fine brown twill tricot wool with a dark brown velvet cap band,
very clean with just light soiling and no damage. The interior is lined in a brown rayon
material and profusely stamped, with a size label of “59” inserted
in the sweatshield. There is an RZM tag underneath the ersatz sweatband which
is fully intact but very brittle. |
SOLD |
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#5288 |
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NSDAP Kreis Level Visor Cap 1939 pattern visor cap for wear
by political officials of the NSDAP serving at the Kreis level, as indicated
by the white piping. Cap body is
a very fine brown twill tricot wool with a dark brown velvet cap band, both
very clean and free of any damage.
Manufacturers original paper tags are attached to the metal
wreath/cockade and celleon chincords. The interior is also very clean and in
good condition with the exception of the ersatz sweatband which has some age
cracking due to the brittle nature of the material. |
$2600 |
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#5286 |
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Hitler Youth Visored Cap Brown twill wool cloth visored
cap, piped in yellow for other ranks of Hitler Youth serving in the Oberbann
2 unit. Cap is in excellent
condition with just a couple of small abrasions to the cap body and a moth
nip to the piping. The leather
chinstrap is still in very good condition with no cracking. The interior top is the typical orange
and brown oilcloth and shows just very light wear to the sweatband (which is
marked with the owners initials).
Standard RZM tag is underneath the band. |
SOLD |
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#5290 |
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Hitler Youth Ordensburg Visor Cap Hitler Youth Officer’s
visor cap serving in the Ordensburg (Order Castles) units, with bright pink
piping. The cap body is in overall excellent condition with just a few tiny
abrasions to the twill wool. The cap is adorned with a silver metal national
emblem (which was replaced) and a standard enameled HJ triangle on the black
velvet cap band. The interior is in near-mint condition and profusely stamped
and maker marked to Robert Lubstein (Erel). |
SOLD |
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#5291 |
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Hitler Youth Ordensburg Officials Visor Cap An additional example of headgear
worn by HJ Ordensburg, this one by higher ranking officials and piped in
golden yellow for Reich level. Cap body is olive brown and made from a high
grade doeskin wool. Insignia
consists of gold metal national emblem and wreath/cockade with celleon
chincords. The interior shows a moderate amount of wear and may have had the
sweatband repaired, but the sweatshield is intact and cap is well marked by
the manufacturer. |
SOLD |
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#5197 |
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Teno Leaders Visor Cap An absolutely mint visor cap for
a high leader in the Teno organization made by the Erel. Premium quality
doeskin wool cap body with incredibly well executed hand embroidered bullion
insignia with high relief. The
interior is flawless and Erel marked on both the sweatband and under the
sweatshield (which is also marked to the Teno org). |
$5500 |
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#5198 |
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Kreis Level Senior Leaders Visor Cap Early Kreis level piped visor cap
for a senior leader. Brown twill wool cap body in excellent condition with
brown velvet cap band and brown visor.
Insignia consists of gold metal national emblem and gold metal wreath
with silver chincords. Interior is size marked “58” and has the
typical RZM label underneath the sweatband. |
$3500 |
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#4956 |
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Bahnschutz Officers Visor Cap Very rare gray topped visor for
an officer in the Bahnschutz. Minty
visor in very fine gray doeskin by the maker Clemens Wagner. Cap exterior is near flawless as is
the interior. Insignia consists
of aluminum eagle and hand embroidered bullion wreath. Cap is piped in black with a black and
silver flecked chincord. Interior
is maker and size marked and shows only very minor wear and age. |
$3450 |
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#4957 |
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Land Customs Officers Visor Cap Field gray visor cap for an
officer serving in the Zollgrenzschutz or Land Customs. Cap is adorned with hand embroidered
eagle and wreath and a green flecked chincord. Interior is maker and size marked and
has some damage to the forehead area of the sweatband. The top of the cap has some very light
mothing tracks. |
$2040 |
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#4958 |
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DDAC Officers Visor Cap An officers visor for a member of
the German Automobile Club (Der
Deutsche Automobil Club, DDAC). Cap body is
gray wool with a black cap band and silver chincords. Featured on the front
is a large, bullion hand embroidered cap badge unique to the DDAC, which is an incredible example of hand embroidery
workmanship. Hat has some damage to the top rear exterior, otherwise
very clean inside and out. Hat is maker marked to Pekuro. |
$3000 |
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#4959 |
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State Forestry Service Enlisted Visor Cap Gray green wool topped visor cap
for an enlisted man serving in the State Forestry Service, or Reichsforstdienst. Cap is the 1938 pattern with aluminum
party eagle and wreath affixed to the green cap band, with a black leather
chinstrap. The cap is made by
Erel and still has the original tags attached to the sweatshield. |
$840 |
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#4960 |
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State Forestry Service Officers “Crusher”
Visor Cap Gray green wool topped visor cap
for an officer serving in the State Forestry Service, or Reichsforstdienst,
in the classic “crush” style. Cap is the 1938 pattern with
aluminum party eagle, hand embroidered bullion wreath and silver officer
chincords. Cap exterior is made
from a heavier, field grade wool.
Interior is very clean and maker marked with the sweatshield intact. |
$2280 |
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#4923 |
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Hitler Youth Leaders Visor Cap Light brown, fine tricot wool
visor, piped in aluminum for a Hitler Youth Leader. Affixed to the cap front are a very
nicely aged matching set of insignia in a frosted political eagle and HJ
enameled diamond. Cap exterior is
very clean and free of holes, mothing or snags. There are a couple of light stains to
the underside of the rear overhang, but not visible upon display. Interior is clean, with sweatshield
missing. Soft sweatband is intact
and has owners initial “S” attached. |
$3450 |
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#4967 |
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Hitler Youth Leaders Visor Cap Light brown, fine tricot wool
visor, piped around the crown in red and cap band in aluminum for a Hitler
Youth Leader. A matching set of
insignia in a frosted political eagle and HJ enameled diamond are
attached. Cap exterior is very
clean and free of holes, mothing or snags. This cap was period converted to a
Leaders by adding the velvet cap band.
Interior shows some heavy wear, though soft sweatband is intact and
owners name is inserted under sweatshield. |
$3120 |
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#4964 |
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NPEA High Leader Visor Cap Very rare cap for a High Leader
in the NPEA (National Political
Educational Institute). Cap body
is a brown wool with black velvet cap band, piped in a matte aluminum. Silver chin cords are affixed by a
pebbled buttons and insignia consists of metal cockade and silver frosted
eagle. Interior is light blue
artificial silk, no maker marking but RZM stamped under the sweatband. Some moderate soiling and wear to both
the lining and the sweatband. The
sweatshield has one small piece that has broken off where the name tag slips
in. |
$7475 |
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#5084 |
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Unidentified Police Enlisted/NCO Visor A stone mint visor cap in dark
blue with light blue piping for an as yet unidentified branch of the Polizei. The exterior of this cap is absolutely
flawless and constructed of a very high quality doeskin blue wool. A silver frosted eagle is attached to
the front along with a metal cockade.
At the back of the cap band is a paper tag with price and size written
in pencil and a separate size tag affixed into the chinstrap button. The interior is equally mint and is
maker-marked ot Pekuro. The
protective paper wadding is still tucked up into the interior of the hat. |
$2350 |
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#4963 |
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Prussian Police Officer Visor Absolutely mint, officer visor
for an officer in the Prussian polizei.
Cap body is blue gray wool with a dark green velvet cap band, piped in
dark green on the crown and around the band. Chin cord is a nicely aged and toned
bullion affixed with pebbled buttons.
Insignia consists of a metal codkade and a gold eagle with swastika
embedded into its chest. Interior
of cap is maker marked to Pekuro, size tagged “55” and
pristine. Visor is near flawless. |
$5750 |
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#4769 |
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Motorized Gendarmerie Police Officers Visor High quality police green colored
tricot wool visor, piped in white and with white cap band indicating
motorized road traffic police.
Cap is decorated with Polizei silver eagle, cockade roundel and gold
pebbled chinstrap buttons.
Chinstrap is gold bullion for officers ranks. Cap body is double vented and both
interior and exterior are extremely clean and in near mint condition. |
$5750 |
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#4758 |
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Fire Police Visor Dark blue wool visored cap for
enlisted personnel in the German Fire Police. Cap body shows a fair amount of age
and wear. The interior has some
separation of the sweatband at the back and side of the cap and quite a bit
of soiling to the lining. |
SOLD |
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#4761 |
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Schupo Polizei Officers White Top Visor White top summer visor for an
officer in the Schupo, or Protection Police. Cap body is manufactured in the white
waffle pattern and is in good, clean condition, with the typical age
discoloration and soiling seen on white tops. The interior has been period relined
in a lined fabric commonly encountered in sleeves of tailored garments. |
$3000 |
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#4764 |
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Early Customs Police Visor Very early, Erel Customs Police
visor cap constructed of dark blue wool cap body, piped in green with a
matching green cap band. Exterior of cap body, visor and chinstrap are all in
excellent condition showing just minor wear. Interior is maker marked to Erel and
shows quite a bit of wear and soiling to the lining and sweatband, though
there is no damage. |
$1260 |
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#4765 |
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Fire Police Officer Visor Dark blue wool visored cap for an
officer serving in the German Fire Police. Cap body is in very good condition
showing some minor wear and age.
The interior is intact and also showing a moderate amount of wear and
staining to the sweatband. The
visor stitching is starting to come loose where it attaches to the cap body,
but the visor is still firmly attached. |
$375 |
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#4766 |
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Polizei Motorized Gendarmerie Officer Visor Blue visor for an Officer in the motorized
Gendarmerie. Cap crown and band are piped in bright red, with a few small
moth nips to piping. Cap is maker
marked to Fewegla and shows some wear to the sweatband. Nice condition cap at a good price. |
$375 |
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#4767 |
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Fire Police Visor A very nice, clean visor cap for
an enlisted man in the Fire Police.
Cap body and visor are in outstanding condition and almost
flawless. Interior is maker
marked to Pekuro and the owners name is inserted into the sweatshield. Mint
cap. |
$485 |
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#4768 |
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Polizei Enlisted/NCO Gendarmerie Shako Enlisted version of the
Gendarmerie shako with light brown leather chinstrap, visor and trim and a
black brush. Exterior is very
clean and the leather is in good condition. Interior is maker marked to
“Erel” and size stamped “55”. It appears the owner may have written
his name on the top, inner plate and there is also the letter “T”
affixed to the sweatband. Very
nice condition with no major issues. |
$1440 |
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#4366 |
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Teno Officer’s Visor Cap A rarely encountered Teno
officers visor cap in a gray color rather than the typical black or feldgrau. Cap body is constructed of a very
fine, medium gray wool with a black wool center cap band. Aluminum piping and chincords, with
silver bullion insignia. Interior
has no maker marks, shows moderate wear but has an intact sweatshield with no
cracks or splits and has a size tag marked “55”. |
$2700 Revised Price |
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Field Caps and Soft Caps (overseas) Heer
(Army) |
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#5526 |
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Heer Panzer M43 Visored Field Cap Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men in the panzer services, with two button front and
trapezoid insignia properly applied.
Fine quality black wool cap body, lined in a gray rayon, size stamped
“57” and marked with a RB number and dated 1944. Cap exterior is in excellent
condition. The interior has a
moderate amount of soiling to the forehead and circumference of the cap which
has led to some discoloration of the lining. |
$4000 |
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#5469 |
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Heer M42 Field Cap for Panzer A very rarely encountered model
42 field cap in black wool for use by Panzer troops. Cap body is made from a very fine,
high quality tricot patterned wool with one ventilation grommet on each side. The ear flaps are secured at the front
by two black painted pebbled buttons, showing some minor scuffing. The insignia consists oe a one piece
“T” shaped machine embroidered national eagle and cockade correctly
applied. The interior is lined in
a gold/brown artificial silk rayon material and maker stamped. A hard to find hat! |
$6500 |
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#5353 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Sidecap A black wool piped sidecap for
use by an officer serving in the Panzer korps. Cap body is made from an officer
quality softer black wool and piped around the crown and scallops with a
silver/aluminum mesh piping and a black enamel grommet at each side. Insignia consists of a silver flatwire
officer eagle hand-finished and a bullion officer quality cockade. Additionally, there is pink soutache
piping applied to the front. Cap interior is a black brushed cotton with a
white stamp for the size “58”. |
$3800 |
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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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#5403 |
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Heer Artillery Enlisted Field Cap Field grey wool field cap
(feldmutze) for an enlisted man or NCO in the artillery branch of
service. A white machine woven
national eagle over a green backing is hand sewn to the front of the cap as
is the national cockade and red artillery piping. The cap body is in very good condition
with one small hole to the back on the wearers right side. The interior is a brownish cotton
twill and shows a moderate amount of soiling around the circumference due to
sweat and one very small hole.
There are no size or maker stamps. |
$495 |
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#5354 |
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Heer Panzer Enlisted Field Cap Black wool field cap (feldmutze)
for an enlisted man or NCO in the panzer branch of service. A light gray machine woven national
eagle is machine-sewn to the front panel. Lower scallop has pink soutache (for
panzer) applied above an enlisted cockade. Interior is a light grey cotton and is
Lago stamped with a date of 1941 and a size stamp that is faded but looks
like a 55 or 54. The front
soutache has some wear and fading but overall the cap is in very good
condition. |
$2200 |
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#5470 |
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Heer Officer’s M43 Field Cap Field grey model 43 field cap for
use by an officer in the Heer.
Base cap is made from a very high quality, soft fine tricot wool and
is in excellent condition with no damage. The earflaps are secured at the front
by two silver pebbled buttons and the crown of the cap is piped in aluminum
mesh wire. The insignia consists
of a dark green trapezoid with officer quality silver machine embroidered
eagle and cockade, correctly applied.
The interior is lined in a light green artificial silk rayon and size
stamped “57”. |
$900 |
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#5471 |
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Heer Officer’s M43 Field Cap Field grey model 43 field cap for
use by an officer in the Heer.
Base cap is made from a very high quality doeskin wool and is in
excellent condition with no damage.
The earflaps are secured at the front by two silver pebbled buttons
and the crown of the cap is piped in aluminum mesh wire. The insignia consists of a field grey
trapezoid with a light grey machine embroidered eagle and cockade, correctly
applied. The interior is lined in
a dark green artificial silk rayon. |
$900 |
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#5211 |
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Heer Tropical Officers Visored Field Cap Tailor-made, private purchase
tropical field cap made for an officer serving in the tropics. Cap body is constructed of tan cotton
twill with a single grommet to each side and piped in aluminum for officer
grade. Insignia consists of a
flat wire officers eagle and a bullion officers cockade, both hand-sewn to
the front of the cap. The left side has a metal Edelweiss badge
attached. The interior is silk
lined with a leather sweatband around the circumference of the cap and a
stiffener to the front. Very
well-worn cap showing lots of character. |
SOLD |
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#5209 |
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Heer Panzer M43 Visored Field Cap Standard model M43 visored field
cap for enlisted men in the panzer services. Typical heavy black wool construcion, two
button front with a grey rayon lining.
Cap is size marked “56” as well as RB numbered. Insignia
is a hand stitched trapezoid and on the left side of the cap is a
hand-stitched metal edelweiss.
Cap exterior is in very good to excellent condition. The interior has a moderate amount of
soiling to the forehead and circumference of the cap. |
SOLD |
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#4648 |
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Heer Panzer Enlisted/NCO M43 Field Cap Black wool visored field cap for
an enlisted man or NCO in the Heer Panzer Korps. Black M43 style standard peaked field
cap with two pebbled button front, trapezoid insignia over black. Interior is lined in brown cotton and
date/maker/size marked. Size is
“56 ½”.
Moderate amount of soiling around interior forehead and circumference. Exterior is very clean. |
$1500 New Price |
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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. |
$1250 |
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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. |
$8200 |
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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. |
$1800 |
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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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#5427 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Field Cap High quality officers field cap
constructed from a soft, doeskin wool (instead of regulation tricot). The cap body is in great condition
with no issues and piped around the edge with aluminum mesh piping. Cap
insignia consists of an enlisted eagle and cockade hand sewn to the
front. Interior of the hat is a
gray brushed cotton and has a size stamping of “57”. Overall excellent condition showing
minimal wear. |
$600 |
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#5205 |
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Luftwaffe Tropical Officer Field Cap Regulation issued, factory-made
officers aluminum piped visored field cap for an officer serving in the
tropics (Afrikakorps). This is a
rare, factory produced cap, NOT field made. Standard pattern machine embroidered
eagle and cockade applied with aluminum piping around the front scallop and
crown. Interior is lined in tan
linen with a leather sweatband.
Two pairs of ventilation grommets on the sides. Excellent condition. |
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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#4461 |
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Luftwaffe Afrika Korps Visored Field Cap Very clean, possibly unissued
tropical visored field cap for Luftwaffe personnel. Cap is tan cotton twill with simulated
side skirts and unvented.
Insignia consists of eagle and national colors cockade both over tan
backing and hand sewn to the front.
The interior is a light tan cotton and is RB stamped, dated and sized. |
SOLD |
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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
Kriegsmarine |
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#5580 |
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Kriegsmarine Officer’s Battle Cap
“Karlsruhe” Dark blue side cap for an officer
serving in the Kriegsmarine, attached to the cruiser “Karlsruhe”. Cap body is made from a soft, doeskin
like wool and is piped in a thin, gold cord, which has been hand-applied,
most likely an officer upgrade.
Insignia consists of a machine woven national eagle and cockade, each
separately hand-sewn. On the left
side of the cap there’s badge for “Kreuzer Karlsruhe”,
marked on the reverse “H.B.” and “Ges. Gesch.”. The interior is lined in a black
brushed cotton material, size and maker stamped and has the owners
embroidered name tag hand-applied. Two small holes toward rear of cap. |
$650 |
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#5472 |
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Kriegsmarine Officer’s Battle Cap U-515 Dark blue side cap for an officer
serving in the Kriegsmarine, attached to either the U-124 or U-515. Cap body is made from a soft, doeskin
like wool and is piped in gold metallic mesh wire. Insignia consists of a machine
embroidered national eagle and cockade, each separately hand-sewn. On the left side of the cap
there’s an edelweiss metal tradition badge also hand-sewn. The interior is lined in a black rayon
material and size and maker stamped. |
$1275 Revised Price! |
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#5473 |
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Kriegsmarine Enlisted Battle Cap U-66 Dark blue side cap for an
enlisted man serving in the Kriegsmarine, attached to either the U-66. Cap body is made from a medium weight
wool and has insignia consisting of a machine embroidered national eagle and
cockade, each on blue backing and separately hand-sewn. On the left side of the cap
there’s lion’s head metal tradition badge also hand-sewn. The interior is lined in a black
brushed cotton material. No maker markings, though there are letters sewn
into the hat using red thread, possibly the owners name. |
$1065 Revised Price! |
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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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#5527 |
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Waffen SS Officers Field Cap Field grey wool M43 pattern
visored field cap for an officer in the Waffen SS. Exterior is very clean with no damage
or soiling. The crown of the cap
is piped in a silver celleon/nylon basket weave piping, indicating use by
officers up to General rank. Insignia consists of a green trapezoid eagle and
skull machine-woven in a silver grey metallic. Cap scallops close via a
two-button front of silver pebbled buttons. The underside of the visor is a
green cotton fabric. The cap is lined in a grey ribbed rayon material and
size stamped “56”, with a brown leather forehead sweatband embossed
“Extra” at the center front.
Excellent to near mint condition. |
$5500 |
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#5516 |
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Waffen SS Camo M43 Cap Non-issue, theater-made Oakleaf
camouflage field cap for use by Waffen SS field units. Reversible construction of Summer/Autumn
patterns with a small sweatband sewn to the autumn side. The top of the cap panel has a central
seam, two brown metal (rusted) ventilation grommets are attached at each
side. A few small holes on the top and at the sides. |
$1900 |
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#5206 |
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Waffen SS Panzer Enlisted M43 Cap Black wool M43 style cap for an
enlisted man or nco in the Waffen SS Panzer troops. Cap is standard black wool with a
silver grey artificial silk/rayon lining. Insignia is a single piece trapezoid
eagle and skull correctly applied.
Front closure is secured by two bakelight buttons. Cap is in excellent condition showing
very minimal wear and no damage to the exterior. The interior has a couple of small
areas where the stitching has come loose, but no damage. |
$2400 |
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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. |
$5800 |
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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. |
$4800 |
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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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#4753 |
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Waffen SS Gray 1940 gabardine mountain
troops “Bermutze” with the signature tall front panel and brown composite
two button front closure. The cap
is piped in white wool officers cord with a traditions badge on the left
panel and a one piece machine-woven eagle/skull trapezoid on the front. Cap is in mint condition. |
SOLD |
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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. |
$8625 |
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#4463 |
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Waffen SS Tropical Visored Field Cap Golden tan twill tropical visor
with simulated side skirts and two vents on each side. A machine embroidered SS deaths head
in gold thread is sewn to the front of the cap and a single officers aluminum
pebbled button is attached via a split pin manufactured into the cap. Interior lining is a deep, dusky red
size stamped to “58” and dated to 1944. Exterior shows light to moderate
soiling. |
$3220 |
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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. |
$3565 |
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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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#5402 |
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Gendarmerie Polizei Field Cap Police grey-green wool visorless
field cap for enlisted personnel serving in the Gendarmerie, or Rural Field
Police. Cap is 1936 pattern with
orange piped crown and machine woven police eagle in white on a black
backing. The interior is a brown
cotton twill and is stamped size “56” and also has a name
hand-inked next to the size stamp.
Excellent condition with very little to no wear. |
$395 |
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#4428 |
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Bahnschutz Overseas Cap Basic piped overseas cap for an enlisted
man serving the the Bahnschutz, which was the Railway Police for the Third
Reich railway system. Cap body is
a bluish-gray wool with a light gray piping across the crown seams, a white
soutache across the front panel and insignia consisting of Bahnschutz pattern eagle and cockade
of national colors. Exterior has
a couple of light stains to the lower front edge which may clean off. Interior is a maker marked and has a
few brown stains. |
SOLD |
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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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Kepis |
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#5199 |
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SA Standartenfuhrer of General Staff Kepi Very rare SA kepi for the rank of
a Standartenfuhrer on the General Staff.
Cap body is in excellent shape except for a two small moth nips at the
left rear on the red band. Nice
age tone to the bullion twist cord piping and brocade and the leather chin
strap is still intact. The
interior is near mint with the exception of a crack in the sweatband. |
$6000 |
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#4378 |
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“Ostland/Westfalen” Gruppe SA Kepi SA mann’s kepi with top color
for Gruppe “Ostland/Westfalen”. Cap eagle is the early 1929
version. Very clean twill cap
body with a couple of small stains (visor and rear side) and a couple of
small moth nips to the colored top. Interior has some damage to sweatband and
repair marks, but otherwise fairly clean. Maker marked to Pekuro. Originated out of the Ed Stadnicki
collection. |
$1500 |
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#4380 |
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“Sachsen” SA Kepi SA Standartenfuhrer kepi with top
color for Gruppe “Sachsen” with aluminum piping and litzen. Cap eagle is the early 1929
version. Very clean twill cap
body with no damage to the cap body but two moth nips to the colored top.
Interior is also very clean, stamped “3” with SA RZM tag. Originated out of the Ed Stadnicki
collection. |
$2580 |
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#4382 |
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“ SA Staffelfuhrer to
Standartenfuhrer kepi with top color for Gruppe “ |
$1980 |
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#5581 |
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Luftwaffe Single Decal Camo Helmet M40 style helmet in a tan
tropical camo scheme with the eagle painted over. Looks to be Italian or
Tunisa camo. Original chinstrap and liner. The shell is stamped
“Q64” and “DN101” and shows remnants of a painted
name. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$2500 |
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#5582 |
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Heer Camo Helmet M40 style helmet in a tan
tropical textured Mediteranean or Southern camo with the decal painted over.
Original chinstrap and liner. The shell is stamped “D190” and
shows remnants of a painted name, appears to be “Gef.
Dorfmeister”. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$2500 |
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#5583 |
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Heer Single Decal Camo Helmet M40 style helmet in a tan
tropical camo scheme with a rubbed decal. Original chinstrap and liner. The
shell is stamped “224” and “Q63”??? shows remnants of a painted name,
appears to be “Gef. Dorfmeister”. Shows service use and
commensurate wear. |
$3500 |
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#5584 |
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Luftwaffe Double Decal Helmet M35 style helmet in blue-grey
with Luft eagle and party shield decals, size 60. The shell is stamped
“4047” and “SE60”. Painted name of owner “Lw.H.
Demmer”. Shows service use and commensurate wear. Cleaned post-war. |
$1500 |
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#5585 |
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Heer Double Decal Helmet M35 style helmet in field-grey
with Wehrmacht eagle and party shield decals, size 64. The shell is stamped
“E120” and “NS64”. Shows service use and commensurate
wear. Cleaned post-war. |
$4250 |
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#5586 |
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Luftwaffe Double Decal Helmet M35 style helmet in blue-grey
with Luftwaffe eagle and party shield decals. Reissued. Shows service use and
commensurate wear. |
$1100 |
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#5587 |
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Luftwaffe Single Decal Helmet M42 style helmet in blue-grey
with Luftwaffe eagle decal. Stamped “hkp64” and
“2505”. Shows service
use and commensurate wear. |
$850 |
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#5588 |
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Luftwaffe Single Decal Helmet M40 style helmet in blue-grey
with Luftwaffe eagle decal. The shell is stamped “3885” and
“SE64”. Reissued.
Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$850 |
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#5589 |
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Heer Single Decal Camo Helmet M40 style helmet in tan tropical
camo scheme spray with a Wehrmacht eagle decal. The shell is stamped
“355” and “Q62”.
Owners name “Menzel” painted in white. Shows service use
and commensurate wear. |
$3500 |
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#5590 |
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Heer Single Decal Helmet M42 style helmet in field-grey
with Wehrmacht eagle decal. The shell is stamped “1794”. Shows
service use and commensurate wear. |
$850 |
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#5591 |
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Heer Single Decal Helmet M42 style helmet in field-grey
with Wehrmacht eagle. The shell is stamped “2975”, liner is in
poor condition. |
$400 |
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#5592 |
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Luftwaffe Single Decal Helmet M40 style helmet in blue-grey
with Luftwaffe eagle decal which has been rubbed. The shell is stamped
“11388” and “Q60”? Shows service use and commensurate
wear. |
$700 |
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#5593 |
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Heer Helmet M42 style helmet in field-grey with
no visible decals. The shell is stamped “hkp64” and
“4977”. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$400 |
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#5594 |
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Luftwaffe Single Decal Helmet M42 style helmet in blue-grey
with single Luftwaffe eagle decal (note that two decals were applied, the
second directly over the first, which is apparent in the photos). The shell
is stamped “ETp64” and “2009”, liner stamped
“56”. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$750 |
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#5595 |
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Heer Single Decal Helmet M4o style helmet in field-grey
with single Wehrmacht eagle decal. The shell is stamped “SE62”
and “3880”. Reissue. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$750 |
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#5596 |
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Lufwaffe Single Decal Helmet M44 style helmet in blue-grey
with a single Luftwaffe eagle decal. The shell is stamped “3221”.
Reissue. Shows service use and commensurate wear. |
$750 |
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#5597 |
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Heer Single Decal Helmet M42 style helmet in field-grey
with single decals. The shell is stamped “ckl3032”. Shows service
use and commensurate wear. |
$750 |
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#5515 |
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SS/SD Double Decal M34 Helmet M34 style helmet with the lower
bill at the front, documented in photos to have been worn by Einsatzgruppen
and in the camps. Party shield
decal on left side and SS runic shield on left. Helmet is stamped
“Edelstahl”, complete with liner and chinstrap. The liner is size marked
“57” and the chinstrap is also stamped with SS runes and a BW
number on the underside. |
$6500 |
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#5244 |
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Heer Tropical Second Pattern Pith Helmet & Goggles Second pattern, olive pressed
felt tropical helmet with goggles.
Helmet is the standard second pattern style with bright red interior
stamped “JHS” on the sweatband. This one appears to have seen wear and
is soiled on the inside liner with some damage to the interior vented
top. The owners name also is
inked into the sweatband. Comes
with a nice set of goggles manufactured in tan leather with tan painted metal
fittings, all showing wear from use. |
SOLD |
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#5201 |
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Heer M42 Helmet Heer model 42 helmet with a camo
swirl pattern and single decal.
Helmet shell is an Eisenhutten-Thale and is size marked
“ET64” and lot number “1624”. The liner is intact and size marked
“57”, but missing the ties and chinstrap. |
SOLD |
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#5203 |
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Heer M40 DAK Helmet Heer model 40 helmet with a
tropical camo pattern. The
remnants of an eagle decal under the paint can be clearly seen on the left
side. Helmet shell is a Nickelwerke and is size marked
“NS66”. The liner and
chinstrap are both present and intact showing heavy wear. |
SOLD |
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#5204 |
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Heer M40 Helmet Heer model 40 helmet with a three
color camo pattern. No visible
decals or remnants. Helmet shell is an Eisenhutten-Thale and is size marked
“ET64” and lot number “4800”. The owners name is hand painted in the
shell in white paint. Liner and
chinstrap are intact. |
SOLD |
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#5045 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap by
“Holters” If you like the best, here is a
“Holters” made officer visor cap piped in a very bright pink for
Panzer troops. The cap body is a very soft, high quality doeskin wool and is
in excellent condition with absolutely no flaws. Insignia consists of an
aluminum eagle, a hand embroidered bullion wreath with metal cockade and
silver aluminum bullion chincords.
There is one small hole in the cap band at the back of the cap, which
is the only exterior flaw. The interior shows some minor wear but is
otherwise in great condition and still has an intact sweatshield. |
SOLD |
#5046 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap An almost stonemint Heer Infantry
officers visor cap by the small cap-maker “Beschorner”. The cap is a very soft, extremely high
quality doeskin wool in mint condition.
Insignia consists of an aluminum eagle and hand embroidered bullion
wreath with metal cockade and aluminum officers chincord and pebbled buttons.
The interior is mint with a 100% clean, intact and minty sweatshield. The cap is absolutely flawless except
for a crack in the sweatband at the forehead area where some idiot pulled it
down to look underneath. There is
a reason why sometimes you can’t do “under the hood”
pictures!!!! |
SOLD |
#5047 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap Another great Panzer
officer’s visor, this one by the well known maker “Clemens
Wagner”. The cap body is a very fine tricot wool and is in excellent
condition with absolutely no flaws.
In fact the entire exterior is mint. Insignia consists of an aluminum
eagle and wreath with metal cockade and silver aluminum bullion
chincords. I would also rate the
interior very high, at a near-mint as there is some very light soiling to the
sweatband and you can see a slight shadow on the lining where the owners name
tag used to sit. Sweatshield is
100%. |
SOLD |
#5048 |
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Heer Field Police Crusher Cap This is something you don’t
see too often…an orange piped Heer crusher visor for the Field Police
units. Cap body is a coarser
grade of doeskin wool but is very clean with no issues. The cap band has a couple of holes in
the wool toward the back of the cap, as well as for chincord buttons on the
side. The leather visor has some
very nice crazing to it. Insignia
is non-standard for a crusher and consists of hand embroidered bullion eagle,
wreath and cockade. The interior is
in excellent condition with some slight discoloration to the lining and the
sweatshield missing but maker marked on the lining. |
SOLD |
#5020 |
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Heer Transport/Supply Officer’s Visor Cap Another minty cap, this one a
light bluegray piped visor for an officer serving in the Transport/Supply
branch of service. The cap body
is a medium grade doeskin and is in perfect condition with no flaws. Insignia
consists of aluminum eagle, wreath and cockade with silver aluminum bullion
chincords. Visor surface and underside are very clean with just slight wear
on the underside. The interior is
a yellow/cream artificial silk lining maker marked to “Engelhorn &
Shirm” with an intact sweatshield.
Some wear and staining around sweatshield, with owners initials
applied in metal disks. |
SOLD |
#5021 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap If you like a “been
there” cap with some honest wear and a nice, saddle shape, check this
piece out. The cap body is a coarse wool and is in excellent condition with
no flaws. Insignia consists of an aluminum eagle, a hand embroidered bullion wreath with
metal cockade and silver aluminum bullion chincords. Visor is black vulkan
fiber with a high gloss surface. The interior is a gray artificial
silk/cotton mixture and is maker marked to “Erwin Freudemann”
with an intact sweatshield. The
sweatband has a few cracks from
wear and is somewhat brittle.
Nice cap, with a great
saddle shape! |
SOLD |
#5022 |
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Heer Artillery Officer’s Visor Cap An excellent to near-mint
condition visor for an officer serving in the Artillery service. The cap body
is a very fine grade doeskin wool and is in excellent condition with no
flaws. Insignia consists of hand embroidered bullion wreath and eagle, metal
cockade and silver aluminum bullion chincords. Visor surface is very clean
and high gloss. The interior
shows a moderate amount of soiling from wear, but is otherwise intact with no
issues. Cap is maker marked to
“Pekuro” and has an intact sweatshield over an orange/yellow silk
lining. |
SOLD |
#4933 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap Heer Infantry officers visor cap
in a medium grade doeskin wool and piped in white for the service branch of
infantry. Insignia consists of
silver bullion eagle and cockade with silver officers chincord and pebbled
buttons. A metal jawless skull traditions badge is affixed below the
eagle. Cap exterior is very clean
and in very good condition.
Interior is marked “Deutsche Wert-Arbeit” under the intact
sweatshield and exhibits some damage to the sweatband, repairs having been
attempted at some point in time. |
SOLD |
#4607 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap Heer panzer officers private
purchase visor in a soft doeskin with a very nice peak. Aluminum insignia and silver aluminum
bullion chincords. Visor has a
very slight crazing. Interior
shows some minor to moderate soiling, particularly on the forehead area of
the sweatband but all leather is still supple and has no cracking. |
SOLD |
$4608 |
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Heer General Staff Officer’s Visor Cap Bright carmine piped Heer
officers visor for an officer in the General Staff (or possibly Veterinary
service). Cap is a heavier grade,
mid to late war wool and has a very nice saddle shape and high peak. The only issues to the exterior are a
half dozen small moth nips to the crown piping. Cap is an Erel Extra from the Berlin
Offizier Kleiderkasse and the interior is near mint condition with a clean,
intact sweatshield. |
SOLD |
#4609 |
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Heer Chaplain Officer’s Visor Cap Violet piped Heer officers visor
for a Chaplain serving in the German Army. Cap body is a very fine, high grade
tricot that is extremely clean and has no issues. Insignia consists of a silver bullion
wreath, metal cockade, aluminum eagle and bullion chin cords. There is no cross on this cap, which
was not uncommon (see Angolia’s book on the Heer, Volume II). The interior shows quite a bit of
storage age to the sweatband which is brittle and delicate. |
SOLD |
#4612 |
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Heer Forestry Service Officer’s Visor Cap Dark Green piped Heer officers
visor, with a matching dark green cap band for an officer serving in the
Forestry Service. Cap is maker
Erel “Extra” and double marked on lining and sweatband. Bullion chin cord & wreath with
metal cockade and eagle. Top of
cap has some very light mothing tracks, interior is in very good to excellent
condition. |
SOLD |
#5036 |
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Heer Administrative Personnel Officer’s Visor Cap Dark Green piped Heer officers
visor for an officer serving in the administrative services, in a very soft
doeskin wool. Cap has a very
nice, high peak and saddle shape and has no staining or holes. Insignia is a mix of aluminum eagle
and bullion cockade. The interior
does not have a maker mark and is lined in black cotton. Sweatshield is mostly gone except for
the name tag area, which has the owners name still present. Sweatshield is loose at forehead area
and appears it may have been reattached by glue at some time. |
SOLD |
#5037 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap A well worn but not abused officers
cap piped in white for Infantry.
Body of cap has even wear to the wool nap but no holes or
mothing. Top of hat has some
soiling in the center. Insignia
is all aluminum with silver aluminum chincords. Interior is maker marked to
Schellenberg and shows considerable soiling from wear. Sweatshield is 98% intact. Sweatband shows evidence of period
repairs but is otherwise intact.
A very nice field worn cap which would look great with a salty
Infantry officers tunic. |
SOLD |
#5038 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap A very nice condition private
purchased officer visor piped in white for the Infantry. The cap body is a fine, doeskin wool,
very clean with no issues except for a tiny hole at the back underside which
cannot be seen unless you lift the underside up. Cap is maker marked to Arno Rudorf and
has the owners name tag inserted into the sweatshield, which is 99% intact.
The lining is a golden artificial silk, lightly soiled. The sweatband is
gepruft and unit stamped underneath and is moderately soiled but otherwise in
very good condition. |
SOLD |
#4615 |
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Heer Panzer Grenadier Officer’s Visor Cap Grass green piped visor for an
officer in the Panzer Grenadier/Armored Artillery units. This cap is made by the Otto Drittman
of Dresden and exhibits the “Marke Odd” golden globe underneath
an intact sweatshield. Bullion
cap eagle & wreath, metal cockade and aluminum chincord. Cap body has a couple of small snags
and some minor mothing to cap band, but nothing visually distracting.. Visor and interior of cap is excellent
to near mint condition. |
SOLD |
#4616 |
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Heer Propoganda Troops Officer’s Visor Cap The extremely rare, Gray piped
visor for an officer serving in the Propoganda Troops. This cap is marked “Beste
Qualitat” with the initials “G” and “B”, which
is an unknown maker. Exterior of
cap has one tiny hole on the cap top and some light soiling to the top as
well, otherwise it is very clean with no issues. The interior is also very clean
showing moderate wear. The
sweatshield is cracked and brittle in various places. |
SOLD |
#4620 |
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Heer Medical Service & Personnel Officer’s Visor
Cap Dark blue piped visor for an
officer in the Medical service.
Private purchase cap made from very fine tricot and in excellent
condition with no issues.
Aluminum chincord, bullion wreath , metal cockade and cap eagle. Interior of cap is very clean showing
only light wear. Cap owner
inscribed his name in pencil on both the visor underside and the sweatband
(appears to be “Harmel”). |
SOLD |
#4625 |
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Heer Cavalry Officer’s Visor Cap Golden yellow piped visor for an
officer in the Heer cavalry.
Nicely peaked cap marked to the maker “Wegener” on both
the top lining as well as the sweatband.
Cap body and band are in excellent condition showing no issues. Aluminum insignia is very clean and minty. Interior of cap has slight to moderate
wear but no damage. Cellluloid
sweat shield is intact, but cracked at all four edges. |
SOLD |
#4377 |
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Heer Panzer Officer’s Visor Cap Very clean Heer panzer officers
visor in great all around condition with no mothing or abrasions to the cap
body, band or piping. Cap fabric
is a very fine doeskin and the cap overall has a nice shape with a tall
peak. Interior of cap is in very
good condition with slight wear and staining, though missing the sweat shield
and does not have a maker mark.
Great officers cap with a nice shape! |
SOLD |
#4424 |
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Heer Infantry Officer’s Visor Cap Near Mint condition Infantry
officers visor with a nice, tall peak.
Late war, Pekuro made cap featuring all of the typical attributes of
this later style; banded, rope like piping, red grease pencil markings on the
inside right front lining, no sweat shield, a ribbon like banding on the
interior lining, late war rougher quality tricot and a very tall peak. Beautiful, high quality cap in great
condition. |
SOLD |
#5031 |
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Allgemeine SS EM/NCO Visor Cap A minty black SS nco’s
visor cap, piped in white. Cap
body is a very high quality tricot fine ribbed wool and is in mint condition.
Cap band, visor and chinstrap are all in very good to excellent condition
with visor showing minor wear around front edge. Metal eagle and skull
insignia show even age and tone with beautiful silver highlights to the
eagle. The interior is in mint condition and has the gold foil SS runes
underneath the sweatshield. The
RZM tag is present underneath the sweatband but has come loose. |
SOLD |
#5023 |
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Luftwaffe White-Top Summer enlisted/nco Visor Cap for
Flight White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO in the Flight branch of service. Cap body is excellent to near-mint,
white ribbed cotton with no stains or discoloration. The cap band is piped in yellow for
flight. Cap is badged with
aluminum eagle and wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior is maker marked to
“Erel” and has a cream colored, ribbed artificial silk
lining. Sweatband and sweatshield
are both intact and in excellent condition. |
SOLD |
#4935 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Visor Cap Mint condition peaked Luftwaffe
officers visor cap by Carl Halfar.
Cap body is constructed in a very fine quality tricot blue-gray wool
in absolutely pristine condition.
The hat is decorated with aluminum chincords, bullion hand embroidered
cap eagle and wreath/cockade, all of which are in mint condition. Visor is
clean with no wear. Interior is
immaculate and carries the “Ce-Ha Prima” mark from the Carl
Halfar cap making firm, along with the Luftwaffe VA distribution
markings. The original tissue
paper is still inserted underneath the sweatband. Mint!!! |
SOLD |
#4931 |
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Luftwaffe Officers Erel “Privat” Visor Cap Near-mint, nicely crush shaped
Luftwaffe officers visor cap by Erel.
Cap body is constructed in a very fine quality tricot blue-gray wool
in near-mint condition with no flaws.
The hat is piped in a nicely age toned silver bullion, decorated with
aluminum/silver chincords, bullion hand embroidered cap eagle and
wreath/cockade, all of which are in excellent condition showing just the
slightest wear and age. Visor is clean with a tiny bit of wear on the inside
left rim. Interior is also in
excellent condition with a few loose threads on the sweatband forehead
area. Cap is marked as an Erel
Privat….top of the line Erel. |
SOLD |
#4722 |
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Luftwaffe Officers White-Top Summer Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
officer in the Luftwaffe. Cap
body is white waffle pattern cotton and shows some age and minor staining
from use, but has a very nice, crushed shape. It is badged with a bullion eagle,
affixed to the crown via prongs through stitched loops. The wreath is also embroidered bullion
and the chincord is aluminum. All
insignia is evenly matched in age and toning. The cap interior is maker marked to
“Erel” on the sweatband and shows some minor age a leather
cracking. Nice looking officer
cap. |
SOLD |
#4726 |
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Luftwaffe Reich Air Control Service White-Top enlisted/nco
Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO in Reich Air Control. Cap body is white, waffle pattern
cotton with a few stains to the front crown and top along with some age
discoloration. The cap band is
piped in golden green for Reich Air Contorl. Cap is badged with aluminum eagle and
wreath and a leather chinstrap. Interior
is maker marked to “Schellenberg” and lined in a white,
artificial silk. Sweatband is in
good condition and the sweatshield is intact. |
SOLD |
#4727 |
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Luftwaffe Signals Troops White-Top enlisted/nco Visor Cap White summer visor hat for an
enlisted man or NCO in Flight/Paratroops. Cap body is white, waffle pattern cotton
and is extremely clean with almost no staining or discoloration. The cap band is piped in brown for
Signals Troops and shows some minor moth nips. Cap is badged with aluminum eagle and
wreath and a leather chinstrap.
Interior is in near-mint condition, maker marked to “Erel”
and retains the original tag and paper wadding under the sweatband. |
SOLD |
#4491 |
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Luftwaffe Officers “Erel Privat” Visor Cap Top of the line, high quality,
Luftwaffe officers visor cap manufactured be the well respected cap
manufacturer Erel. Cap body is a
soft, very light tricot in blue gray with no flaws and an absolutely
beautiful high peak and shape.
All piping, insignia and chin cording is also in excellent shape. Interior of the cap is the highly
desirable mint green of the Erel “Privat”, which is the signature
of their highest quality cap.
Sweatshield is still intact, lining is very clean and has all the
proper markings. |
SOLD |
#5034 |
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Kriegsmarine U-Boat Commander White Top and Blue Top Visor
Cap Grouping A pair of blue and white top
visors for the rank of Korvettenkapitan.
The caps are a grouping to a single officer who has some U-Boat
history, though there is no paper provenance. The white top is an Erel, very
clean top and interior with intact sweatshield. The blue visor has no visible
maker marking and shows a moderate amount of wear. |
White Top SOLD Contact for Info/Price on Blue Top |
#4710 |
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Kriegsmarine NCO Visor Cap Blue top visor for wear by
NCO’s and officer candidates.
Standard cap body of dark blue/black cloth bill and mohair cap band
with leather chinstrap. Visor is
a soft, pliable crusher type. Cap
band has gold celleon embroidered wreath and blue top has a gold celleon
embroidered eagle attached.
Interior is unmarked and has a light brown champagne colored
artificial silk lining and shows moderate soiling. Chin strap is non-regulation and
sweatband has been reattached. |
SOLD |
#4756 |
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Motorized Gendarmerie Police Enlisted/NCO Visor Very fine quality olive colored
wool visor, piped in white and with white cap band indicating motorized road
traffic police. Cap is decorated
with Polizei gold eagle, cockade roundel and gold pebbled chinstrap
buttons. Chinstrap is black
leather for enlisted/nco ranks.
Cap body and interior are extremely clean and in near mint condition.
Brown olive visors were in use by early units that were transferred over from
the FJK. |
SOLD |
#4759 |
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Polizei Gendarmerie Enlisted/NCO Visor An excellent to near mint condition
visor cap for an enlisted man/nco in the Gendarmerie. Cap body is a fine grade wool and is
piped in orange around the crown and band. The only flaws to the exterior are a
few moth nips to the piping. The
interior is near flawless and is maker marked to Ludwig Vogele and size
marked “58”. |
SOLD |
#4760 |
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Waterways Police White Top Visor Very rare, summer white top visor
for the waterways protection police.
White top is fairly clean with some light soiling to the top surface,
but clean on the front and undersides.
Cap is maker marked to Adolf Ernst of |
SOLD |
#4762 |
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Fire Police Officers Visor Field gray, tricot wool officers
visor cap for the Fire Police, exhibiting the correct two piece officers
eagle attached to the front. Cap
body shows some soiling and damage to the right front and top. Interior shows moderate amount of
wear. |
SOLD |
#4763 |
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Schupo Polizei Enlisted/NCO Visor Well worn and used visor cap for
a member of the Schupo. Field
gray wool cap body, piped in green, with some mothing to the piping, body and
cap band. Interior shows some
major damage, though the sweatshield is mostly intact and has a name tag
inserted. |
SOLD |
#4323 |
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Polizei Officers Visor Cap A very nice original example of a
Genderarmerie officers visor for the German Police. Cap body is in very good condition and
has a beautiful saddle shape.
Interior and sweatband show age, with some mothing to the lining and
around the edge, and some cracking of the leather sweatband. The sweatshield
is intact with no cracking or breakage. |
SOLD |
#4785 |
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Heer Reconn Officer’s Overseas Cap Privately made, field gray wool
overseas cap for an officer serving in Reconnaissance. Cap body is made from
a very high grade, soft doeskin wool with the crown and front panel piped in
aluminum for field grade officers.
Insignia is mouse gray enlisted eagle and cockade with a copper brown
soutache expertly sewn to the front.
Interior is a high grade artificial silk with reinforcement around the
lower edge. High quality cap, in
a very rare branch color. |
SOLD |
#4650 |
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Heer Panzer Enlisted Overseas Cap Black wool overseas cap for an
enlisted man in the Heer panzer korps. Cap insignia consists of machine sewn
mouse gray enlisted eagle over a black backing, separate cockade and a pink
soutache. Interior of the cap is black rayon with no maker or size
markings. Cap body and interior
are in very good condition with a bit of soiling to the exterior around the
eagle.. Interior condition is
excellent with no soiling. |
SOLD |
#4568 |
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Heer Panzer M43 Enlisted Overseas Cap Soft, black wool overseas cap for
an enlisted man in the Heer panzer korps. Cap insignia consists of machine
sewn mouse gray enlisted eagle, separate cockade and a pink soutache.
Interior of the hat is a cotton twill and maker stamped to Clemens Wagner. Cap body and interior are in very good
condition with no moth damage, snags or holes. Interior has quite a bit of soiling
around the edge. |
SOLD |
#4623 |
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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
an artificial silk lining. Cap
has no maker marks and size marked “58”. Insignia is machine stitched
trapezoid. Cap is in very good to
excellent condition with no mothing or soiling. |
SOLD |
#4586 |
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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 solid gray cotton lining. Cap
is maker marked to Bayer Mutzen of Munich and size marked “57”. Insignia is machine stitched
trapezoid. Cap is in very good to
excellent condition with no mothing or soiling. |
SOLD |
#4462 |
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Heer Tropical Artillery Officers Visor Field Cap Olive green, cotton twill visored
field cap with simulated side skirts and two brown enameled ventilation holes
to each side. Cap may be an
officer upgrade with aluminum piping added to cap crown and front
scallop. Cap insignia is
hand sewn and of tropical issue with a blue eagle over tan backing and the
national cockade also over tan.
Red artillery branch soutache is machine stitched to the front.
Interior is bright red and maker stamped to “Willy Sprengpfeil”
and a size 60. |
SOLD |
#4425 |
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Heer Panzer M43 Officers Field Cap Very salty visored field cap to
an officer in the Heer Panzer Korps.
Black M43 style standard peaked field cap with two button front,
trapezoid insignia over black and silver piping around the crown. There is quite a bit of wear to the
cap, including two rather large areas of grease damage to the visor and upper
left crown area. The visor is also frayed on the front. Much of the aluminum has worn off the
piping cording. |
SOLD |
#4786 |
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Luftwaffe “Hermann Goring” Panzer Overseas Cap Black wool overseas cap for an
enlisted man serving in the Hermann Goring division panzer korps of the
Luftwaffe. Cap body is typical
black wool used for panzer and has insignia hand applied. Cap insignia consists
of a white machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle over a black backing and
cockade hand sewn to the front.
Interior of the hat is black cotton and has a size stamping of
“56”. Cap body and
interior are in perfect condition with no visible issues. |
SOLD |
#4427 |
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Luftwaffe Tropical Overseas Cap Nice, minty lightweight cotton
twill tropical cap in a light tan color for tropical use. Luft eagle is machine embroidered in a
light gray over a tan, ribbed backing.
The hand stitched cockade has a very nice tan colored padding behind
the white outer circle of the rosette and is hand stitched into place. Interior is maker/date stamped, but no
size. Extremely clean cap in near
mint condition with just a little bit of soiling to the top of the cap, most
likely from handling and storage. |
SOLD |
#4431 |
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images) |
Kriegsmaring Coastal Artillery Overseas Cap A somewhat salty overseas cap for
the land based Kriegsmarine enlisted men in the Coastal Artillery. Cap body is a field gray wool that
shows much age and wear to the nap as well as several moth holes in the top
folds of the crown. Hand sewn
machine embroidered gold eagle on a gray backing and hand sewn cockade. Yellow soutache is machine sewn to the
front and all insignia shows nice even ageing. Interior is maker marked and stamped
with a size “58”. |
SOLD |
#4506 |
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Police Enlisted Overseas Cap 1942 pattern visorless field cap
for an enlisted man in the Genderarmerie, or rural German Police. Cap body is
in police green wool with orange piping across the crown. A machine woven national emblem of the
police pattern is sewn to the front panel. Cap is sized, but no maker mark. The exterior is very clean with no
snags, holes or mothing. The
interior does have one small tear to the fabric but is otherwise clean. |
SOLD |
#4467 |
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Police Officers Overseas Cap 1942 pattern visorless field cap
for an officer in the German Police. Cap body is police green and of very
fine doeskin with aluminum piping along the scallop. An aluminum thread
machine embroidered Police officers eagle is machine sewn to the front. Interior of cap is a pale green cotton
and size marked to “58”.
A partial green leather sweatband is sewn to the front forehead
area. This cap is in near mint
condition inside and out. |
SOLD |
#4430 |
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Reichsbahn Overseas Cap Red piped, navy blue overseas cap
for personnel serving with the Reichsbahn (railway service) in a fine tricot
wool that is near mint condition with no issues and still retaining a nice
bright red to the piping.
Interior of the cap is equally clean and bears the maker stamp of
“Peter Kupper” and is size stamped “59”. If you collect Reichsbahn, you
probably won’t find a nicer cap, from a desirable maker. |
SOLD |
#4433 |
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RAD Enlisted Overseas Cap An unpiped post 1940 overseas cap
in brown wool for the RAD (labor service), with embroidered enlisted insignia
sewn to the front. Cap is in very
good to excellent condition with no moth damage, rips or tears to the
exterior, and a very clean interior with no sweat stains. Size marked “56” and RB
numbered. |
SOLD |
#4269 |
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Heer Winter Fur Cap Vintage Heer
“Pelzmutzen”, which after ’42 became rather popular on the
Eastern front. While common to
find them in use after the war, it is rare to find one that still has the
national eagle attached to the front (both pinned and sewn). Cap is rabbit fur and field gray
wool. Well marked inside. Another veteran family
acquisition. (click on photo
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SOLD |
#5167 |
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Heer Transitional Helmet Standard reissue transitional
Heer helmet in good condition with originally applied single decal and chin
strap. Helmet shell and tan
leather liner are both marked. |
SOLD |
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