December 2021 Auction

Cap for Wehrmacht officials (Schirmmutze).

This auction ended on December 5, 2021.

Start price: $50

Estimated price: $100 - $200

Buyer's Premium: 25%

Sold for: $600

Description

Cap for Wehrmacht officials (Schirmmutze). 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 front center of the cap features a second pattern national eagle and the front center of the centerband has a second pattern, stamped aluminum, oak-leaf wreath encompassing a three piece national tri-color cockade.
No (deliberately?) chin cord in twisted aluminium wire.
A black vukanfibre peak a subtly raised lip near the forward edge.

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 black.
The lining is a "golden" coloured silk.
There is a rhomboid shaped clean moisture shield with maker information that reads Sonderklasse