A German Reich Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) Employee's Side Cap
Constructed with a black wool exterior, fold down panels, gently sloping downward towards the front, sewn in place on the front peak is a machine embroidered left-facing eagle insignia in white, its talons clenching a wreathed swastika below, on a black embroidered inverted triangular patch, a machine embroidered cockade in fine silvered aluminum wire along with red and black embroidery on an angled black nylon patch sewn in place on the skirt at the front, while the skirt itself is trimmed in red piping, the inside lined in thatched black and white cotton threading giving it a charcoal-look, size stamped in black ink "57" on the left side, 105 mm x 280 mm, fabric interruption in the red piping on the right side near the front which exposes the underlying cord support, extremely fine.

