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Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Visor Cap, Gau Level

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Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Visor Cap, Gau Level

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Germany, NSDAP. A Political Leader’s Visor Cap, Gau Level

(NSDAP Schirmmütze). Constructed of smooth light brown wool. It features reinforced side walls, with the exterior of the walls bearing a smooth brown doeskin cap band. Bands of Burgundy-red piping adorn both the top and bottom of the cap band, as well as the circumference of the crown, indicating Gau level personnel. Pinned into the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a gilded aluminum alloy NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The eagle measures 65 mm (w) x 33 mm (h), and retains its three reverse attachment prongs and almost all of its original gilt finish. Pinned into the cap band underneath the eagle is a cockade and wreath, with the former consisting of a red enameled medallion within gilded bronze frame, bearing a raised and ribbed medallion with a central black mobile swastika. The latter consists of a gilded bronze oak leaf wreath, with the insignia measuring 105 mm (w) x 45 mm (h). The cap is flanked on each side by a gilded and pebbled magnetic metal button, securing in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of fine gold bullion wire, resting upon the protruding visor. The latter is constructed of vulcanfibre and presents with a dark brown matte finish on the obverse. The interior of the cap features a brown leather sweatband 40 mm in width, securely held in place by a row of machine stitching. A padded silver-grey rayon liner fully encompasses the interior, with a transparent plastic rhomboid moisture guard stitched onto the crown. A paper inset with a black ink size mark of “56” is inserted into the moisture guard. The underside of the sweatband reveals an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a secondary code of “456676”, as well as an illegible manufacturer’s code. The cap measures 245 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 160 mm (h). Small mothing holes are evident to the wool near the seams of the cap band, there is some soiling of the interior liner, and the wreath. The cap is in an overall near extremely fine condition.