Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Overseas Cap for Enlisted ranks, French-Made Example, by S.O.G.E.C.O. Hold on 23 May 1944

on 23 May 1944

17th 1940" in running script on the front

maker marked "WALTHAM" on watch face and suspension ring

Footnote: "Blood and Soil" referred to the ideology that focused on the importance of ethnicity based on descent blood and territory

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Overseas Cap for Enlisted ranks, French-Made Example, by S.O.G.E.C.O. Hold on 23 May 1944(Kriegsmarine feldgraues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften der Kstenartillerie). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Coastal Artillery overseas cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently slope toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of an olive drab cotton backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile