Germany, RAD. A Reich Labour Service (RAD) EM/NCO’s Winter Field Cap

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Wintermütze). An extremely well-preserved Reich Labour Service (RAD) EM/NCO’s winter field cap, constructed of olive-green wool. The cap features fold-down side panels offering neck and ear protection which, when not in use are folded up and held together by a single silvered, pebbled aluminum button, maker marked on the obverse with “K & Q” for Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein. The peak of the cap bears an insignia in the form of a machine-embroidered, multicoloured cotton thread RAD logo on an olive-green wool backer, measuring 54 mm (w) x 45 mm (h). The exterior features are completed by a protruding visor with a cardboard reinforcement. The interior features a complete light brown cotton liner, unmarked with the exception of a black ink size stamp of “58”. The cap measures approximately 195 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 140 mm (h). While there is a crack to the centre of the cardboard reinforcement, the cap is otherwise free of evident faults in is in an overall extremely fine condition.