Germany, Heer. A Panzer General’s Overseas Cap

Item #G40876

$2,801
(Heer Panzer General Schiffchen). An extremely rare Heer Panzer General’s overseas cap, constructed of black doeskin wool, featuring a fold-down side panel fully lining the circumference, with a band of gold bullion wire adorning the crown of the cap as well as the front of the paneling, the peak bearing a BeVo-style machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm (w) x 25 mm (h), underneath the eagle is a tri-colour cockade constructed of silver aluminum wire with a red felt centerpiece measuring 22 mm in diameter, flanked on each side by a ventilation hole with a brown-painted metal reinforcement, the interior with a complete field-grey rayon liner bearing a size stamp of “59”, otherwise unmarked, measuring 294 mm (l) x 120 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.