Germany, Heer. A EM/NCO’s M43 Field Cap

(Heer M43 Feldmütze). Constructed of field-grey wool. The cap features fold-down side panels offering ear and neck protection which, when not in use, are held together by two pebbled, silvered zink buttons on the right flap meeting dual reinforced buttonholes on the left flap. Stitched onto the peak is a field-grey trapezoid rayon insignia bearing a grey BeVo-style Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a tri-colour cockade. The insignia measures 60 mm (w) x 42 mm (h). The exterior features are completed by a cardboard-reinforced protruding visor set securely into the structure. The interior is fully lined with dark grey rayon. The cap is unmarked and measures approximately 190 mm (w) x 250 mm (l) x 130 mm (h). Minor material fatigue is evident, but it is in an otherwise near extremely fine condition.