Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, Italian Manufacture, By Berven Auction Archive † 8th April 1941

† 8th April 1941

Crazing in the red enamels on the centrepiece on the breast star

In the last days of the war

1897 in Poland

21 mm x 36

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, Italian Manufacture, By Berven Auction Archive † 8th April 1941(Waffen SS Schiffchen). A Waffen SS EM NCOs overseas field cap, constructed of field grey wool twill. It is fully surrounded by gently curved fold down side panels. Both the peak and front of the panel retain remnants of black stitching where insignia were removed from the cap. The interior is fully encompassed by a grey herringbone rayon twill liner, which bears a black ink makers mark of BERVEN, PADOVA for Berrettificio Veneto of Padua, above a size