A Wehrmacht Heer General's Visor Cap by Erel

This cap is in standard Heer (Army) green doeskin wool with a 43 mm hunter green wool band and a traditional high peak with matching finely braided gold-coloured bullion piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band. The well-detailed eagle insignia on the peak has been lost to time, although the outline and the original threading of the badge are quite visible. There is an open-ended wreath of oak leaves in gold-coloured rolled bullion wire, in various textures, on the band below, the veins of the oak leaves defined by raised twisted gold-coloured wire, surrounding a tri-colour cockade on the band, the cockade with an embroidered black base incorporating four silvered bullion wire rings and a red felt centre, the wreath and cockade mounted to a hunter green wool base. The upper of the visor is in a smooth black vulcanfibre, with a gold-coloured bullion cord resting upon it, in two rows, knotted in the appropriate-style on the sides and held in position via pebbled gilt posts on both sides, the visor with a reddish-brown synthetic underside. The sweatband in butterscotch-coloured leather, with the ends of the sweatband meeting at the rear and are stitched together. It is stamped in silver-coloured ink "EREL STIRNSCHUTZ PATENT" on the left side, along with being perforated along the front edge with five tiny rows of forty ventilation holes each, interlaced with sixteen larger perforation holes that have been added by the original owner. The inside of the cap is lined in a greenish-yellow rayon, with the dome brandishing a clear celluloid moisture shield, with its maker identification marks having worn off with time, the cap measuring 220 mm x 267 mm x 140 mm in height overall. The cap exhibits light crazing on the black vulcanfibre visor, along with soiling on the sweatband and the rayon lining from active use, the exterior free of mothing, the gold-coloured bullion piping free of interruptions, with the stitching intact throughout. It continues to exhibit smooth quality in the wool, plus quality workmanship, maintaining its original period look. As worn and untouched.