Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Overseas Cap Buy Now 3 mm (w) x 97

3 mm (w) x 97

the card backer maker marked on the reverse

textbook example by maker Klein & Quenzer

bearing a central red enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded lion rampant

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Overseas Cap Buy Now 3 mm (w) x 97(Luftwaffe Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers overseas cap, constructed of dark grey wool twill. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, trimmed along the edge with a length of silver aluminum wire piping, and reinforced with dual rows of machine embroidery. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark grey wool base bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile