Kriegsmarine Officer's Visor Cap

High quality dark blue, doeskin wool construction cap with a black, ribbed centerband. The front center of the cap has a hand embroidered national eagle in gilt wire threads, mounted on a cut-out navy blue wool base. The eagle is neatly handstitched to the cap. The front center of the centerband has a hand embroidered oak-leaf wreath in gilt wire encompassing a national tri-color cockade in black and silver wire threads with an red rayon centerpiece. The wreath and cockade are mounted on a padded, navy blue wool base which is also neatly handsewn to the cap. The cap has a black, leather chinstrap. The chinstrap is secured to the cap by two, small, fire gilted metal buttons. The cap has an extended, forward, black visor with a dark blue wool top covering to the top edge with a single row of scalloped edged, hand embroidery in gilt wire threads and simulated, black leather trim both positioned near the forward edge. The embroidery on the visor signifies that the owner was holding the rank of Leutnant zur See, Oberleutnant zur See or Kapitänleutnant. The interior of the cap is fully lined in ribbed blue rayon. The interior of the cap also has a intact leather sweatband and maker marked celluloid sweat shield. The sweat shield is maker marked “Fritz Weidmann, Küterstr. 20-24”. There is also a size marked paper tag slided in place. Tag tag is marked “57” which is the size of the cap. The cap is in very good, still used condition with light signs of age and real use use.

Scarce Kriegsmarine officers visor cap in good, still used condition!!