Home /
Europe /
Germany /
Third Reich Headgear /
Headgear /
SS /
A 13th Waffen-SS Mountain Division Handschar “Fez” Cap

Item: G26338

A 13th Waffen-SS Mountain Division Handschar “Fez” Cap

Passed:

Bid History

$850

Time Remaining:

Currency Converter

Buyer's Premium

eMedals proudly ships worldwide, see our shipping information

What's a max bid?

Your maximum bid should be the highest amount you're willing to pay for an item.

Your entered maximum bid will not be disclosed to the seller or other auction participants at any point.

Max bidding example:

If the current auction price is $100 dollars and you place a maximum bid of $120 dollars, the system will bid $101 dollars on your behalf.

If no other participant places a bid, you win that auction lot for $101 dollars.

If another auction participant places a bid of $110 dollars, the system will subsequently place a bid of $111 dollars on your behalf. The system will continue to bid in $1.00 dollar increments until your maximum bid of $120 dollars is exceeded.

If another auction participant places a bid for $125 dollars, the auction lot price will display $121 dollars having exceeded your previously submitted maximum bid by $1.00 dollar.

Buyer's Premium

All bids are subject to a Buyer's Premium which is in addition to the placed successful bid. The following rate of Buyer's Premium will be added to the Hammer Price of each Lot that you purchase:

Twenty-Two Percent (22%) of the Hammer Price

A 13th Waffen-SS Mountain Division Handschar “Fez” Cap

Handschar “Fez” Cap; body in maroon-coloured felt “fez”; machine embroidered BeVo Waffen-SS cap eagle and cap skull; tassels in black with some light fraying on the ends; sweat band in black leather, cracked and partially missing; “54” tag behind leather sweat band; overall better than very fine condition.

Footnote: The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar was raised in France in 1943 and consisted mainly of Bosnian muslim Waffen-SS Officers and NCO’s. As an anti-partisan division, it moved east in the spring of 1933 to fight against Tito’s mainly Serb Christian partisans in Yugoslavia (Northern Bosnia). The 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS “Handschar” was granted an unusual concession by Heinrich Himmler to adopt the traditional fez in the form of the SS M43 fez and to continue with all religious practices. All ranks wore the fez cap; grey for field use, and burgundy for dress and ceremonial occasions. (C:100)