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Germany, DAF. A German Labour Front Enlisted Personnel Visor Cap, by A. Mielchen

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Germany, DAF. A German Labour Front Enlisted Personnel Visor Cap, by A. Mielchen

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Germany, DAF. A German Labour Front Enlisted Personnel Visor Cap, by A. Mielchen

(Deutsches Arbeitsfront Schirmmütze). An extremely well-preserved German Labour Front (DAF) Enlisted Personnel visor cap, constructed of heavy dark blue wool. The cap features reinforced side walls, with the exterior bearing a black cotton twill cap band with oak leaves and acorns. Pinned into the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of pebbled and gilded bronze oval frame around a DAF insignia consisting of a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire mobile swastika within a cogwheel, above oak leaf branches. The insignia measures 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), retains both of its reverse attachment prongs, and is maker marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “13” for L. Christian Lauer, Nuremberg. The exterior features are completed by a boiled blackened leather protruding visor. A brown leather sweatband, measuring 30 mm in diameter, is secured to the interior with a row of machine stitching. The interior also features a complete blue rayon liner, with a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard stitched onto the crown. Underneath the guard is a paper label bearing a maker’s mark of “MÜTZEN FABRIKATION A. MIELCHEN, MÜNCHEN”. An additional black ink mark on the liner has been crossed out, and a blue ink size stamp of “55” is visible. The cap measures 235 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 150 mm (h). Minor material fatigue is evident to the wool and leather features, but the cap is in an overall near extremely fine condition.