Germany, Todt. An Officer’s M43 Field Cap

(Organisation Todt Offizier Feldmütze). Of multi-piece construction, fabricated from thick olive green wool, with fold-down panels with squared scallops to the front and forward sides, covering the entire neck on the sides and rear when in use. The crown of the cap, as well as the frontal scallops are trimmed with silver aluminum bullion embroidered piping. Towards the front, in the place of buttons that hold the front panels together, is a single metal tri-colour cockade. Directly above it is a Wehrmacht cap eagle, constructed of silver aluminum bullion wires in the form of a standard eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The visor at the front is reinforced with cardboard, and is covered in matching olive green wool. The interior of the cap is lined with olive green wool, as well as brown wool on the crown with a ribbed design. The interior also features a thick dark brown leather sweatband, that is sewn to the cap via black threading - the stitching appears to have been period repaired, with a rip in the leather at the front. It is unmarked, and measures 160 mm (w) x 270 mm (h). A worn example, with a tear on the outside panel and in the interior leather sweatband, in overall better than fine condition.