December 2021 Auction
Lot 895:
Sold for: $650
Description
Early peaked cap for Wehrmacht officials (Schirmmutze).
A example of a privately purchased Wehrmacht officials Officer’s Schirmutze.
Original era manufacture. A wartime quality hat, doeskin feldgrau wool top, dark green wool band with dark green wool piping.
The insignia is aluminium alloy with a chin cord in twisted aluminium wire sitting below the wreath and resting on a black vukanfibre peak a subtly raised lip near the forward edge.
The Officer’s bullion chin cords are excellent and securely affixed to the cap via a pair of small silver pebbled aluminum buttons.
The interior of the cap also has a wide, natural leather.
The underside of the visor is finished in light beige (brown)
The lining is a "golden" coloured silk. There is a rhomboid shaped clean moisture shield with maker information that reads August Schellenberg Uniformutzenfabrik Berlin C2 Alexanderstr. 40
Traces of the presence of moles.
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