Interesting Army Tropical cap in wear

[Gustavo66]

Hello everybody,
I want to share a nice portrait of a Pioneer wearing a field-cap which is not exactly what I am used to see.
Is it a taylor made one? What do you think?

Gustavo

[Norm F]

Head gear

Hello everybody,
I want to share a nice portrait of a Pioneer wearing a field-cap which is not exactly what I am used to see.
Is it a taylor made one? What do you think?

Gustavo

Hi Gustavo,
You should probably post this in the Cloth Headgear Forum to get all the Headgear heavyweights to answer your question.
---Norm

[Gustavo66]

Hi Gustavo,
You should probably post this in the Cloth Headgear Forum to get all the Headgear heavyweights to answer your question.
---Norm

Thanks for the advice,
I will do it

Gustavo

[afrikasandman]

Wonder what patch he is wearing.. very cool pic
Matt

[NickG]

Sleeve patch is qualified steuermann = coxwain (assault boat operator)

[roygrady]

Interesting patch.

[NZMark]

EXCELLENT photo.
He's wearing the m40 variant, as seen below.
The image is clear enough to see the stitching pass over the cocade, with the typical 'baseball' cap profile.
Mark.

[Gustavo66]

EXCELLENT photo.
He's wearing the m40 variant, as seen below.
The image is clear enough to see the stitching pass over the cocade, with the typical 'baseball' cap profile.
Mark.

Thanks to all for the comments,

Mark,
thank you very much for identifying the cap and for posting the pic of it, I've never seen it before. Is the interior red as in the other models?
Really a nice piece.

Gustavo

[NZMark]

Gustavo,
You are very welcome - Your photo is superb
Here are two links to views of this cap -
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...+m40+variation
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=251416
Best Regards,
Mark

[Mark Gibson]

Mark,
I'm surprised that you didn't ask if the photo was dated at all.

Mark G

[NZMark]

Mark,
Already PM'd Gustavo

[anmarlodz]

it's seems to be taken somewhere in italy or so.

[Gustavo66]

Mark,
Already PM'd Gustavo

Hello Mark,
thanks for providing the links, really a unique cap!

Unfortunately the picture is not dated but this document is from the same soldier and is dated June 43, so it must be summer 43 or summer 44.

Gustavo

[Gustavo66]

it's seems to be taken somewhere in italy or so.

You are right, the picture was taken in Italy (photo paper "Tensi")