Italy, Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana. A Field Cap, C.1944 Archive engraver marked "OERTEL BERLIN"

engraver marked "OERTEL BERLIN"

Eight months after arriving in France

each on its original neck ribbon):

depicting von Bernuth in uniform and wearing the Knight’s Cross and a ribbon bar with seven decorations

Italy, Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana. A Field Cap, C.1944 Archive engraver marked "OERTEL BERLIN"A grey wool cap, the front centre presents the emblem of the Italian Fascists (a bundle of rods and an axe head fastened together by a tie) embroidered in red, flanked by two Ms, also in red thread, below rests a bronze number 1 pinned on a circle of black felt bordered in red thread, the interior is lined in grey cotton and stamped 58 in black ink, measures approximately 180 mm (w) 255 mm (l) x 135 mm (h), and in near extremely fine condition.