An SS Fez of the 13th Handschar Division
Maroon wool exterior, embroidered skull and eagle insignias are crisp and sharp, head of the tassel attached to the fez via a thick stem, the tassel with a multi-fringe black cord skirt and sewn in place on the reverse, ends of the leather sweatband sewn together at the rear, intact stitching, scattered mothing present on the exterior, the sweatband exhibiting very light crazing, extremely fine. Footnote: This group was composed of Muslim Bosnian recruits that fought Yugoslav partisans in Croatia from February to September 1944.

