Luftwaffe Officers Visor Cap
Price: $1200
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: Luftwaffe blue/grey, wool/rayon blend construction visor cap with a very subtle, whipcord weave with full crown piping of silver-aluminum woven wire. Black, horizontally ribbed, interwoven, mohair centerband,with matching piping top and bottom. The front center of the crown retains its original hand embroidered, first pattern (down-tail), Luftwaffe eagle in bright silver/aluminum wire threads with bright silver/aluminum bullion accent threads on a cut-out, Luftwaffe blue/grey wool base. The front center of the centerband has a hand embroidered, winged, oak-leaf wreath in silver/aluminum wire threads, encompassing a hand embroidered national tri-color cockade. The winged wreath and cockade are embroidered into a cut-out black wool base.. The cap has an interwoven, twisted, silver/aluminum, braid, chin cord secured to the cap by two, small, silver washed, pebbled, alloy buttons. Typical Luftwaffe black lacquered, vulcan -fibre visor with green underside and edge stitched in black leatherette. The interior of the cap is fully lined in light gray rayon. Some of the original eisen-glass remains, Complete wide brown leather sweatband; Cap is a size 57 with a great crusher-style shape indicative of flight wear.
