Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by N. Schega & Neffe Republic of black rippled-look exterior

black rippled-look exterior

demonstrating some chipping to the enamels and scratching to the base metal

He joined the 1st Motorized Machine Gun Brigade in March 1917

the lower right corner bearing the Kaiser’s handwritten signature in graphite pencil

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 1st Infantry Battalion

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by N. Schega & Neffe Republic of black rippled-look exterior(Luftwaffe Schirmmtze fr Offiziere). A Luftwafffe Officers visor cap, constructed of dark grey wool. It features reinforced side walls, fully lined on the exterior with a black mohair cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the band are trimmed with lengths of silver aluminum wire piping, while an additional band of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown. The formers internal wire reinforcement has been removed by the owner, giving