Heer Infantry Officer's m38 Overseas Cap 

High quality, private purchase M38 pattern, field-grey doeskin wool construction cap. With fold down side and back panels with scalloped slopes to the forward side panels. The crown edge and the forward scalloped side panels are both piped in bright silver/aluminum braiding. The cap has a field-grey enamel paint metal ventilation grommet to each side. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle in silver/aluminum flat-wire threads on a cut-out, woven field-grey rayon base. The eagle is original hand sewn to the cap. Bullion wire tri-color cockade. The cockade is flanked by a white rayon branch color soutache. The soutache is applied in the proper manner being machine stitched in place and inserted through small puncture holes at the seam near the bottom edge of the cap. Inside is lined with grey colored brushed cotton. The cap is clearly size stamped “57” in black ink. To the front is a grey colored sweatband machine sewn in place. The cap shows even wear all over, the insignias as well as the braiding shows light oxidation and wear. No holes, tears or mendings.

High quality m38 cap with signs of real use!!