Wehrmacht soldiers with Aussie headgear?

[torstenbel]

Is this Aussie headgear the guys are wearing?? Cheers, Torsten.

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close up

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dated 15th May 1941 on the back

[leibermuster]

They could be 'liberated' hats or perhaps the left one is from the colonial or ww1 period whan Germans in Africa were issued this style of hat.

[torstenbel]

They could be 'liberated' hats or perhaps the left one is from the colonial or ww1 period whan Germans in Africa were issued this style of hat.

I am thinking that these are liberated hats somewhere in North Africa, but I was hoping that someone might be able to identify the hats as ANZAC or as whatever they are. Cheers, Torsten.

[Ammersee]

Interesting that the left edge of the hat is turned up and not the right. They turned up the hat edge so it didn't interfere when shooting a rifle. The former owner must have been a leftie, or he has the hat on backwards. Ammersee

[torstenbel]

possibly