Germany, Heer. An EM/NCO’s Tropical Overseas Cap, Foreign-Made and Field-Modified

(Heer Tropen Schiffchen für Mannschaften). An interesting Heer EM/NCO’s tropical overseas cap, constructed of khaki-tan cotton with a gentle whipcord weave. It is surrounded by fold-down side walls, while an insignia has been hand-applied to the peak and consists of a dark green rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm (w) x 30 mm (h). Beneath the eagle, the cap is stitched with a mis-matched Kriegsmarine tri-colour cockade, measuring 20 cm in diameter. The interior is fully encompassed by a multi-piece khaki-tan cotton liner which bears a number of illegible stamps, with a size mark of “55”. It measures approximately 28 cm (l) x 10.5 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface. Demonstrating minor soiling and fatigue, this unusual example, demonstrating the characteristics of French or other non-German manufacture and modified for use by Wehrmacht forces owing to wartime necessities, remains in a near extremely fine condition.