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Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A Feuerschutzpolizei Officer’s Visor Cap, by Otto Hennig

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Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A Feuerschutzpolizei Officer’s Visor Cap, by Otto Hennig

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Germany, Feuerschutzpolizei. A Feuerschutzpolizei Officer’s Visor Cap, by Otto Hennig

(Schirmmütze für Offiziere der Feuerschutzpolizei). An extremely well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Protection Police) Officer’s visor cap, constructed of dark blue doeskin wool. The cap features reinforced side walls, fully lined on the exterior with a black doeskin wool cap band. A band of carmine-red piping fully lines the circumference of the crown, with additional bands of identical piping trimming both the top and bottom of the cap band. Pinned into the peak is a tri-colour cockade, consisting of a fanned, black-painted non-ferrous metal base topped by a polished and ribbed metal ring, with a red wool centrepiece. The cockade measures 25 mm in total diameter. Pinned into the cap band just underneath the cockade is an aluminum Ordnungspolizei insignia consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The eagle insignia measures 55 mm (w) x 45 mm (h). The cap is flanked on each side by pebbled magnetic metal buttons, securing in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire. It is adjusted with dual sliding knots of identical construction, and rests upon a protruding vulcanfibre visor. The visor presents with a glossed black finish on the obverse and in a brown matte finish on the reverse. On the interior, a light brown leather sweatband fully surrounds the side walls, measuring 50 mm in width and securely held in place by a row of machine stitching. A brown oilcloth liner fully encompasses the body of the interior, and bears a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard securely stitched onto the crown. Underneath the guard is a maker’s mark of “OTTO HENNIG, RIESA”, topped by the firm’s stylized script logo. Inserted into the moisture guard is a paper tag bearing a handwritten name of “ERWIN DIETZE, LANGHENNERSDORF”. Pinned into the sweatband at the back of the cap is an additional paper tag bearing a size mark of “55”. The cap measures approximately 238 mm (w) x 250 mm (l) x 160. It displays minor issues consistent with age and use, including some material fatigue and mothing of the wool throughout the crown, scratching of the visor, and desiccation of the sweatband. The cap is in an overall near extremely fine condition.