Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Tropical Overseas Cap, By Hans Brandt Archive for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity

for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 91st Infantry Division near Gorgognano

including its detached horizontal pinback

with soiling evident to the back

The inside of the tunic is lined in the same thick cotton on the panels just inside the opening on both sides

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s Tropical Overseas Cap, By Hans Brandt Archive for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity(Heer Schiffchen). A very well preserved Heer EM NCOs tropical overseas cap, constructed of olive drab cotton twill. The cap is fully surrounded by scalloped fold down side panels, while the crown is flanked on each side by a ventilation hole reinforced with a brown painted zink eyelet. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a light brown cotton backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a