A Saxon First World War Transport Visor Named To Peter Rabus GTRexclude The underside of the sweatband

The underside of the sweatband at the front has the owner's label in black ink on a slip of paper

1879 and is listed in the New Zealand Gazette of the same year

but not before being stripped naked by order of the ship

Accompanied by copies of research papers

A Saxon First World War Transport Visor Named To Peter Rabus GTRexclude The underside of the sweatbandThis fine quality cap has two rows of red piping, with the body of the cap fabricated from black wool. It is fronted by a Saxony gilt aluminum cockade with a green felt centre, the crown above with a Second Reich gilt aluminum cockade with a painted black base incorporating a raised silvered ring and a red felt centre. The upper on the visor is black vulcanfibre, exhibiting light crazing, the underside is synthetic and finished in a reddish brown