Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Single Button M43 Field Cap

(Luftwaffe Einheitsfeldmütze M43). A well-preserved Luftwaffe EM/NCO’s single button Bergmütze-style M43 field cap, constructed of dark grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panels, scalloped at the front, providing optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front by a single pebbled and grey-painted zink button which emanates from the right flap and meets a reinforced buttonhole on the left flap. The cap is flanked on each side of the crown by a single ventilation hole reinforced with a zink grommet. Stitched onto the peak of the cap with factory original zig-zag stitching is an insignia consisting of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 78 mm (w) x 42 mm (h). Directly below the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a machine-embroidered tricolour cockade, measuring 22 mm in diameter. Completing the exterior features is a protruding cardboard-reinforced visor, lined in identical wool. The interior is fully lined with a multi-piece grey rayon liner, which is unmarked with the exception of a black ink size stamp of “57” on the crown. The cap measures approximately 205 mm (w) x 260 mm (l) x 135 mm (h). Issues consistent with light wear are evident, and include slight exterior material fatigue and consistent soiling of the interior liner. The cap is in an overall near extremely fine condition.