Germany, Kriegsmarine. An EM/NCO’s Overseas Cap, by Willy Sprengpfeil

(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen). A well-preserved Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s overseas cap, constructed of dark navy blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panels, gently scalloped toward the front. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia constructed of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered golden-yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 62 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) overall. Directly underneath the eagle, the panel is stitched with an additional insignia consisting of a dark navy blue rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered tricolour cockade, measuring 30 mm (w) x 30 mm (h). An additional insignia consisting of silvered bakelite tradition or unit badge is stitched onto the left side of the panels, and appears to consist of a clog topped by a sail. The badge measures 22 mm (w) x 26 mm (h) overall. The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece black rayon linder, with the right side retaining a legible silver maker’s mark of “WILLY SPRENGPFEIL, HAMBURG”, alongside a date of 1942. The cap measures approximately 290 mm (l) x 125 mm (h) when folded on a flat surface. Minor, age-appropriate issues are evident, and include some material fatigue to the exterior wool and insignia with a spot of soiling to the right side of the crown, with additional fatigue of the interior liner which includes a tear along the seam of the left side. The cap is in an overall better than very fine condition.