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Germany, Heer. An Army Cavalry Officer’s Visor Cap

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Germany, Heer. An Army Cavalry Officer’s Visor Cap

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Germany, Heer. An Army Cavalry Officer’s Visor Cap

(Heer Kavallerie-Offizier Schirmmütze). This is an extremely well-preserved Heer (Army) Cavalry officer’s visor cap, constructed of a smooth field-grey wool exterior. The cap is trimmed with three bands of golden-yellow Waffenfarbe piping, with one band around the top of the cap and two more bordering the forest green wool cap band, indicating Cavelry. Pinned into the peak is a bronzed magnetic metal insignia in the form of a Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm (w) x 25 mm (h). Underneath the eagle, the cap features an Imperial-era Heer emblem presenting as a Prussian eagle, clutching a sword and sceptre, topped by a royal crown and bearing a banner inscribed “FÜR GOTT, FÜR KÖNIG, UND VATERLAND” (“FOR GOD, FOR KING, AND FATHERLAND”), measuring 25 mm (w) x 25 mm (h). Stitched into the centre of the cap band is a Wehrmacht-style cockade and wreath, constructed of a padded forest green wool patch bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire oak leaves, with a central zink cockade featuring a red felt centerpiece. The entire adornment measures 70 mm (w) x 40 mm (h). The cap is flanked on each side by a silvered and pebbled zink button holding in place a decorative chinstrap, constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire, neatly knotted at each end, which rests upon the visor. The visor itself is constructed of vulcanfibre, and presents with a lacquered black obverse and light brown textured reverse, and is set securely into the structure of the cap. The interior of the cap features a 45 mm-wide light brown leather sweatband held in place by a row of machine stitching, and pinned together by a single metal stud. The interior is covered by a multi-coloured rayon liner with a satin-like finish, with the cap band area presenting in a field-grey tone, while the top of the interior has an off-white finish. Stitched into the top is a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard. The cap is unmarked and measures approximately 248 mm (w) x 258 mm (l) x 170 mm (h). While there is some minor fatigue to the wire features of the cockade, the cap is otherwise free of evident faults and presents in an extremely fine condition.