Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Panzer EM/NCO’s Dachau-Style M43 Field Cap

(Waffen-SS Einheitsfeldmütze M43 für Männer der Panzertruppe). A well-preserved Waffen-SS Panzer EM/NCO’s M43 field cap, constructed of black wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panels, scalloped toward the front, providing optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two black bakelite buttons which emanate from the right panel and meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes set into the left panel. The peak bears the outline of a one-piece trapezoidal eagle and Totenkopf insignia which has been carefully removed from the cap with only minimal disruption of the wool base. Completing the exterior features is a protruding visor with a card stock core, lined in an identical wool on the obverse and presenting with an exposed core on the reverse in classic Dachau style. The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece light grey cotton/rayon-blended herringbone twill (HBT) liner. A size mark of “58” is stamped onto the crown in black ink. Otherwise unmarked, the cap measures approximately 21.5 cm (w) x 26 cm (l) x 12.5 cm (h). Issues consistent with age and wear are evident, and include some material fatigue to the exterior wool, visible remnants of threading from the missing peak insignia, creasing and fatigue of the visor core, and some soiling of the interior liner.