Panzer Recon EM/NCO'S Tropical Overseas Cap 

Ribbed olive/khaki, cotton twill construction cap with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and the forward sides. As is typical the fold down panels are handstitched in the upright position at the front center of the cap. The cap has a tan painted, metal alloy ventilation grommet to both sides situated just below the crown edge. The cap grommets retain all of their original tan paint. The top center seam is correctly stitched right through the interior liner, for added strength. The front center of the cap has a machine woven, national eagle in light blue/grey cotton threads, on a cut-out, woven, tan rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven, national tri-color cockade on a woven, tan, diamond shaped, rayon base. Both the eagle and the cockade are machine sewn to the cap. The tri-color cockade is flanked by an inverted “V”, in golden yellow rayon branch of service soutache. The soutache has been applied in the correct manner, being machine stitched in place and inserted through two small puncture holes near the bottom edge of the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light weight red cotton. The lining is well marked with a black size inkstamp, “57” and a manufacturer code “1142”. There is also a blacked out square, could be the manufacturers name or the former owners name. The cap is in very good condition with light signs of age.

Really nice exampel in good size!!