Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s M42 Overseas Cap, by LAGO Munich

(Heer Schiffchen M42). A well-preserved Heer EM/NCO’s M42 overseas cap, constructed of field-grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold-down side panels, scalloped toward the front, which provide optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the walls roll up and are secured in place at the front with two pebbled magnetic metal buttons which emanate from the right flap and meet an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap. The crown is flanked by ventilation holes which are reinforced with zink grommets. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a field-grey rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a tri-colour cockade, measuring 50 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) overall. The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece olive-drab cotton twill liner. Stamped onto the crown is a maker’s mark of “LAGO MÜTZEN MÜNCHEN”, indicating production by a member of a Munich manufacturing collective, with a size mark of “58”, and a date of “1942”. It measures approximately 29.5 cm (w) x 10 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface. Demonstrating only minor material fatigue (including a small patch of mothing to the right wall), it remains in a near extremely fine condition.