Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Officer’s Visor Cap by Wilhem Holters.

(Luftwaffe Einheitsmütze). This is a well-preserved Luftwaffe (Air Force) officer’s visor cap, constructed of smooth dark-grey wool with a black woven ribbon cap band. The cap features three bands of woven, silver “Waffenfarbe” piping at the top, middle, and bottom. Pinned into the peak is a silvered and blackened aluminum cockade with red felt centre, measuring 22 mm in diameter. The cap band features an aluminum German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The cap is flanked by two pebbled, magnetic buttons, holding in place a braided silver aluminum bullion wire chinstrap, itself ornately knotted on both ends and resting upon the visor. The latter is constructed of lacquered Vulkanfibre, with a black exterior and interior. The cap features a tan-coloured leather sweatband covering the circumference of the interior, securely held in place by machine stitching. A complete interior liner, constructed of light-brown rayon, bears a central, transparent, rhomboid moisture guard, onto which is stamped a maker’s mark of “Holters-Uniformen Berlin W.50,” along with the manufacturer’s logo. The cap measures approximately 238 mm (w) x 270 mm (l) x 168 mm (h). There is a small patch of mothing to the exterior, as well as some age-appropriate wear to the sweatband and cracking of the Vulkanfibre, but the cap is in an otherwise near extremely fine condition.