ITEM #13195  

#13195-REICHSHEER TRANSITIONAL PIONEER NCO VISOR CAP: Nice example of a Reichsheer issue visor cap as worn by a Pioneer EM/NCO  into the early Wehrmacht period. The teller form cap is produced of field grey wool trikot having a band of field grey wool badgecloth & black wool piping. The front has a nicely matched set of first pattern Heer insignia in stamped aluminum and above a slide buckle chinstrap of thick black leather, The interior is lined in brown cotton cloth having a full sweatband of brown leather. The lining lacks its original cello diamond with the stitched outline remaining. It has several stampings including what appears to be a 1929 date, a clothing grade mark and marking of the 3rd. pioneer battalion. The cap shows age with light wear and a couple of small period stitched repairs to the top crown. A desirable and hard to find example in condition II- $650.00