Show Us Your N S K K Headgear

[Bob Coleman]

I believe that there was no other organization in the 3rd Reich period that had more variety of headgear than the N S K K. I would include not only the standard N S K K units, but all of the Transport Gruppe Todt and Speer organizations, the combat attached NSKK formations. I have numerous items in the collection that are variant to the norm. We are discussing kepis, schiffen, feldmutze, schirmutze and stahlhelm(sorry helmet guys but this also fits in to thsi thread).
To kick things off, I am showing a few schiffen. Note on the R Z M tag that they are labeled at various times "Dienstmutze", Tuchmutze & "Feldemutze.
This is a 1st pattern with fold down sides from Motorbrigade Hochland.
As with the S A, Gruppe colors would be used by more than on e area. In the case of this hat, the distinctive application of the Hochland pattern edelweiss designates where this hat came from. The rank of obertruppfuhrer is indicated on the left side with the litzen with two pips.

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Hochland edelweiss

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Early white R Z M tag marked "Dienstmutze."

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1st pattern hat for a Truppfuhrer from either Gruppe Berlin or Gruppe Niederrhein

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R Z M tag for a "Tuchmutze."

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2nd pattern hat for a N S K K mann from either Gruppe Schlessien or Gruppe Sachsen

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2nd pattern hat for a N S K K mann from either Gruppe Schlessien or Gruppe Sachsen

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R Z M tag "Feldmutze nach Vorschrift."

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1st pattern hat for a Sturmfuhrer of either Motorgruppe Mitte or Motorgruppe Sudwest

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R Z M tag marked "Dienstmutze."

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Wartime officer's hat for the rank of Staffelfuhrer. The war time hat was based on the 2nd pattern hat without pull down sides. The Gruppe color triangle was abandoned for the larger N S K K eagle. Twisted silver piping was added to officer's caps. Possibly, this model was only used by officers as I have never encountered an enlisted grade hat of this pattern.

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R Z M tag marked "Feldmutze nach Vorschrift."

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Another wartime officer's cap for a Sturmfuhrer. Note the eagle's head faces the opposite direction of the proper insignia as mounted on the cap for the Staffelfuhrer.

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R Z M Tag Marked "feldmutze Nach Vorschrift."