Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco Overseas Cap United Republic of Instituted 1936

Instituted 1936

with an additional 13

the obverse with a central black enameled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enameled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading “MERENTI” (Latin - Merit)

90 mm x 215 mm

Lucifer at the Naval Base in Swansea

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco Overseas Cap United Republic of Instituted 1936(Luftwaffe Fliegermtze). A cap constructed of blueish gray wool, with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front, the front of the cap features a machine embroidered, second pattern Luftwaffe eagle patch in silvery grey cotton threads, mounted on matching blue grey woolen base, and an embroidered, national tri colour cockade in black, white, and red rayon threads, both the eagle and the cockade are hand stitched