Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap, Late-War Example, by Karl Heisler Auction Archive named to Hofmann as a

named to Hofmann as a Gefreiter of 1

the South Aegean Sea and Italy during World War II

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Badge: bronze gilt phoenix insignia

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap, Late-War Example, by Karl Heisler Auction Archive named to Hofmann as a(Heer Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A well preserved Heer Officers overseas cap, constructed of field grey wool twill. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark green rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 30 mm (h) and, in the absence of piping,