This is a rather well worn cap, I suppose called "salty" in today's terms, which I was given by the vet who brought it back. He ran into me at a local fleamarket some years back, saw what I was looking for, and invited me over to his house before I left the area. He had a very nice Heer helmet, and this cap, both of which he gave me. I felt very lucky, and was, until I heard the rest of the story. He said he took the hat off a German officer they captured in the Po Valley. He said he thought the officer was the equivalent of a Lt. Col., and he got his tunic as well. He and his wife had cleaned the basement, where it was stored, about a month before and burned the tunic because it was mothed. They searched for any possible insignia off it they may have saved, and found none. I wish I had met him two months before!!
Ron
Ron
Lovely!!
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