I recently bought this early ( up to 1937-1938 ) Zoll visor.
Visor is dark green with a black cloth cap band and red piping.
There's a single cockade and a black leather chin strap for lower ranks.
The cap eagle is the special customs cap eagle.... this eagle looks like the standard large ( 55 mm ) state eagle ( found on postal and forestry visors ) but is different.....
This cap eagle for "Zollbeamte" can be found in the Assmann & Sohne catalogue ( Catalogue number 24847 ) , I've explained the difference at the bottom of my post......
I've seen examples of these rare visors at dealers sites and Ebay with the large gold state eagle but this is not correct. The gold eagle was for the water customs ( "Wasserzoll beamten" ) , this gold customs cap eagle is also mentioned in the Assmann Catalogue.
Regulations mention the "Silberne Hoheitszeichen" , here's some text from a regulation I've found regarding these early land customs visor :
"Dienstmütze aus dunkelgrünem Tuch mit schwarzem Lederschirm, in Form der Reichswehrklappmütze, mit Besatzstreifen vom schwarzem Stoff. Besatzstreifen und Decklenaht mit roten Biesen.
Vorn auf dem Besatzstreifen eine schwarz-weiß(silber)-rote Kokarden, am Oberteil der Mütze das silberne Hoheitszeichen (vgl. Zeichnung d)."
Here are some pictures.....
Theo
Below you can see the difference between a standard state eagle and the Zoll Beamten cap eagle.... note the shape of the eagle's wings......
Here's a picture which clearly shows the sharp , straight edges of the eagle's wingtips.....
Visor in wear :
The same eagle in gold for the early water customs beamten :
Visor is dark green with a black cloth cap band and red piping.
There's a single cockade and a black leather chin strap for lower ranks.
The cap eagle is the special customs cap eagle.... this eagle looks like the standard large ( 55 mm ) state eagle ( found on postal and forestry visors ) but is different.....
This cap eagle for "Zollbeamte" can be found in the Assmann & Sohne catalogue ( Catalogue number 24847 ) , I've explained the difference at the bottom of my post......
I've seen examples of these rare visors at dealers sites and Ebay with the large gold state eagle but this is not correct. The gold eagle was for the water customs ( "Wasserzoll beamten" ) , this gold customs cap eagle is also mentioned in the Assmann Catalogue.
Regulations mention the "Silberne Hoheitszeichen" , here's some text from a regulation I've found regarding these early land customs visor :
"Dienstmütze aus dunkelgrünem Tuch mit schwarzem Lederschirm, in Form der Reichswehrklappmütze, mit Besatzstreifen vom schwarzem Stoff. Besatzstreifen und Decklenaht mit roten Biesen.
Vorn auf dem Besatzstreifen eine schwarz-weiß(silber)-rote Kokarden, am Oberteil der Mütze das silberne Hoheitszeichen (vgl. Zeichnung d)."
Here are some pictures.....
Theo
Below you can see the difference between a standard state eagle and the Zoll Beamten cap eagle.... note the shape of the eagle's wings......
Here's a picture which clearly shows the sharp , straight edges of the eagle's wingtips.....
Visor in wear :
The same eagle in gold for the early water customs beamten :
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