Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Overseas Field Cap GTRexclude with double loop for suspension

with double loop for suspension

and the introduction year (1941)

1938 he was with Kampfgeschwader 157 “Boelcke”

measuring 25 mm (w) x 475 mm (l)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Overseas Field Cap GTRexclude with double loop for suspension(Luftwaffe Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A Luftwaffe Officers overseas field cap, constructed of dark blue grey wool. It is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. A length of silver aluminum wire piping fully trims the top edge of the walls. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue grey wool backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika,