Original German WWII HJ 56cm Summer Overseas Cap with Red "General-HJ" Piping and RZM Tag - HJ Sommer Mütze U.S. Machine Guns Maschinenfabrik und Eisengiesserei in Zwötzen

Maschinenfabrik und Eisengiesserei in Zwötzen bei Gera

which roughly translates to:

We rather suspect this was a gift from an officer to his "batman" (manservant) completing two years service until victory in the Boer War

showing wear from use and later cleaning and refinishing

who manned defensive machine guns on board such aircraft as the B-17

Original German WWII HJ 56cm Summer Overseas Cap with Red "General-HJ" Piping and RZM Tag - HJ Sommer Mütze U.S. Machine Guns Maschinenfabrik und Eisengiesserei in ZwötzenOriginal Item: Only One Available. AH believed German youth to be the future of his 3rd Reich. The HJ (AH Jugend or HJ) National Youth Organization was formed officially in 1935, and with the exception of NSDAP ideology indoctrination was very similar to the Boy Scouts. Beginning at about the age of ten years, both boys aged 14 18 (AH Jugend) and girls aged 14 18 (Bund Deutscher Mdel) were enlisted in the Party run organization. Within the