Waffen-SS M40 Overseas Cap
Price: Sold
DESCRIPTION: Field-grey wool/rayon blend construction M40 overseas cap (Waffen-SS cut) with fold down side and back panels that slope gently downwards to the front center. The front center of the cap has a second pattern, (circa 1936), bevo machine-woven, SS eagle in silvery/grey thread on a woven black rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a matching 1934 pattern, bevo machine-woven Totenkopf in silvery/grey threads with black accents threads on a cut-out woven black rayon base. Both the eagle & Totenkopf are correctly & originally hand-applied to the cap as they should be. The interior of the cap is fully lined in grey Rayon and size marked; a couple of tiny moth nips otherwise overall in Excellent untouched condition; a “one-looker” original Waffen SS Side cap.
BACKGROUND: The first pattern SS overseas cap was introduced in June 1934 for wear by EM/NCO’s serving with the Allgemeine-SS, (General-SS), the SS-Totenkopfverbände, (SS-Death’s Head Units), and the SS-Verfügungstruppe, (SS-Special Purpose Troops), which were to become the cadre of the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS). In 1937 an earth grey version of the first pattern cap was introduced and worn until a second pattern overseas cap was introduced on November 1ST 1940. The M40 overseas cap was similar in cut to the Luftwaffe’s “schiffchenform”, (boat-form), overseas cap and was worn for the duration of the war.
