Artillery EM/Veteran Hat??

[Gary B]

Hi,

My Uncle recently gave this hat to me to sell for him. He brought it home from Dusseldorf in 1945 and has never touched it. I am not a headgear collector so I am hoping that some of the forum members can assist me with an identification of this hat.

I believe it is an Artillery EM hat. The red piping would indicate to me that it is for a soldier in the Artillery. My question is that the hat has the symbol for (what I believe) the veterans organization. Also pinned to the hat is a veteran stickpin.

What could be the possible explanation for this, as I believe the veterans hats are supposed to be blue. Or is this some oddball variation?

Additionally, the hat is named. Is this to an Unteroffizer?

Also what would be a price on such a hat.

Gary B

[Gary B]

Side view

[Gary B]

Inside

[Gary B]

Closeup inside

[CollectRussia]

I've seen things like this before come from US veterans. Photos of GIs with their war booty show all sorts of odd combinations. I believe this was a matter of local Germans either replacing missing parts or dolling up caps and uniforms to trade to the GI's for cigarettes etc.

PS You gotta tidy up your room pal

[SgtB]

C'mon! Show me the back of that visor...


...I like what I see so far...

[Gary B]

Dear Collect Russia,

Thanks for the information ref the cap. It will probably go up for sale soon so theinfo is helpful.

Gary B

P.S. Yeah, my wife was using the table as a laundry folding table!