A Second War Croatian Defence Force Army Enlisted Man's Field Cap 1943-1945

Croatia; Croatian-made, so called "Kopriva" with a distinctive Croat design, but similar to a German M43 cap, the exterior fabricated from a two-tone green wool, with a silvered zinc Croatian Defence Force (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska) insignia on the peak, a fold down panel around the circumference that narrows at the front, the ends of which are sewn together at the front and are finished with two vertically stacked magnetic silvered metal buttons, each of which is marked "EXTRA FEIN" on the reverse, the visor with a thick stiffener, the interior lined in sage green rayon and is unmarked, the cap measuring 180 mm x 250 mm x 80 mm in height. It exhibits a central crack in the visor stiffener, along with soiling and age wear on the interior, the exterior free of mothing. As worn.