Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Board Cap, By Hans Brandt GTRexclude and curled silver aluminum bullion

and curled silver aluminum bullion wires with grey twisted threading throughout to give the eagle’s wings more definition

the reverse stamped with the mark of a Pforzheim-based studio

october 1943)

the Battalion was broken up to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field

Perez-Matos (USN Retired) and Doris Kidder Brown

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Board Cap, By Hans Brandt GTRexclude and curled silver aluminum bullion(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine EM NCOs board cap, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. The interior is fully encompassed by a slate grey rayon liner which is stamped with a white ink size mark of 57, in turn situated above a Reichsbetriebsnummer (RBNr.) of 0 0265 5044 indicating manufacture by Hans Brandt,