Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Officer’s M38 Overseas Cap, Private Purchase Hold and a functional hinge

and a functional hinge

Körner enlisted in the Luftwaffe on 18 August 1939 and served with a transportation wing through December 1944

the star points in alternating red and green enamels

All Holland Society publications are included in the library collection

in which case the date for the U-Boat War Badge is unknown

Germany, Third Reich. A Wehrmacht Officer’s M38 Overseas Cap, Private Purchase Hold and a functional hinge(Wehrmacht Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A fine quality private purchase Wehrmacht Officers M38 overseas cap, constructed of field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently slope down toward the front. The edge of the walls are lined near the front using a strip of silver aluminum bullion tresse, while the top is lined around the entirety of the cap with gilded tresse that has developed an even brown patina over time.