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FÜHRER BEGLEIT BATAILLON OFFICER OVERSEAS CAP (SOLD)
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Here an extremely rare (actually the first ever encoutered!) officer overseas cap belonged to a soldier of the famous Führer-Begleit-Bataillon, used to guard Hitler's military headquarters and to guard him on visits outside Germany.
The full story of this special unit can be read here: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/153-germany-heer/heer-other-units/4458-fuehrer-begleit-bataillon
used to guard Hitler's military headquarters (as well as the railway tracks used by the Führer trains) and to guard him on visits outside Germany.
The overseas cap is a very nice quality, M38 pattern, private purchase.
Black wool construction cap features fold down side and back panels with scalloped slopes to the forward side panels. The forward, scalloped, side panels are both piped in bright, interwoven, silver/aluminum braiding which is machine stitched in place. The front center of the cap has a machine embroidered national flatwire eagle. The eagle is machine stitched to the cap.
The front center of the fold down panels has a hand embroidered, national tri-color cockade. The cockade is handstitched to the cap. The cockade is flanked by a white rayon waffenfarbe soutache in an inverted "V" pattern. 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; it is also inserted inthe main body of the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in a black cotton/rayon, with ventilation grommets.
Extremely rare, untouched original, almost impossible to find another.
Here an extremely rare (actually the first ever encoutered!) officer overseas cap belonged to a soldier of the famous Führer-Begleit-Bataillon, used to guard Hitler's military headquarters and to guard him on visits outside Germany.
The full story of this special unit can be read here: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/153-germany-heer/heer-other-units/4458-fuehrer-begleit-bataillon
used to guard Hitler's military headquarters (as well as the railway tracks used by the Führer trains) and to guard him on visits outside Germany.
The overseas cap is a very nice quality, M38 pattern, private purchase.
Black wool construction cap features fold down side and back panels with scalloped slopes to the forward side panels. The forward, scalloped, side panels are both piped in bright, interwoven, silver/aluminum braiding which is machine stitched in place. The front center of the cap has a machine embroidered national flatwire eagle. The eagle is machine stitched to the cap.
The front center of the fold down panels has a hand embroidered, national tri-color cockade. The cockade is handstitched to the cap. The cockade is flanked by a white rayon waffenfarbe soutache in an inverted "V" pattern. 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; it is also inserted inthe main body of the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in a black cotton/rayon, with ventilation grommets.
Extremely rare, untouched original, almost impossible to find another.