Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction two without their loops

two without their loops

or who had aided the soldiers during the campaign

Reverse bearing “Travail et Progres- Arbeid En Vooruitgang” (translation: work and progress in French and Dutch)

as fragments remained embedded in his knee

the crossguard features a sunwheel swastika engraved at the centre with extensions on either side in the form of stylistic down-swept wings

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction two without their loops(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaue Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark navy blue wool, the rim reinforced with a layer of black rayon, the interior encompassed by a blue rayon liner with the crown bearing a partially legible makers mark of AUG. GEIGER for a noted manufacturer of Kriegsmarine headgear, along with a white label bearing a machine embroidered red owners surname of BAUER, measuring 27 cm in diameter when folded on a flat surface, in