A Pre-Second War Manufacture RAD (National Labour Service) Overseas Cap

A textbook example of a pre-war manufacture (RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst/National Labour Service) field cap; constructed of olive-green wool and two rows of contrasting off-white stitching along the side panels. The front center of the field cap features a single insignia consisting of an early machine woven logo of the RAD, consisting of a white and red shoved with a mobile black swastika in the centre and two outward facing wheat stalks at a 45 degree angle hand stitched to the cap with black threading with an olive-green coloured threaded background; with the interior of the cap lined in brown satin-like fabric; with a repaired sweatband using a strip of dark blue cotton; measuring 275 mm x 105 mm; scattered field repair; with wear to wool from period use; near very fine condition. (C: 162)