Heer Feldgendarmerie Officer's m38 Overseas Cap

High quality, private purchase M38 pattern, field-grey 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 hand embroidered officer’s national eagle in silver, bullion threads on a cut-out, woven field-grey rayon base. The eagle is original hand sewn to the cap. Below the eagle is a bullion wire tri-color cockade. The cockade is flanked by a orange rayon branch color soutache. The soutache hand sewn in three places and ends are inserted through small puncture holes at the seam near the bottom edge of the cap. Inside is lined with mouse-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 light signs of age and use. Left side and back of the cap has a couple of moth holes, see pictures.

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