Panzer EM/NCO's Overseas Cap

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Heer Schiffchen für Panzertruppe. Nice quality, black wool/rayon blend construction cap with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides. As is typical, the fold down panels are handstitched in the upright position at the front of the cap. The cap has black-painted magnetic metal eyelets positioned to either side, positioned just below the crown edge. The front center of the cap has a machine woven national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons, in light grey rayon threads, mounted on a cut-out, woven, black rayon base. The front center of the fold down panels has a machine woven national tri-color cockade, in black, white and red rayon threads, mounted on a woven, rayon, diamond shaped base. Both the eagle and the cockade are original stitching to the cap. The cap also has inverted "V", pink rayon soutache flanking the cockade indicating service with the Armored troops. The soutache has been applied in the correct manner, being machine stitched in place and inserted through two small puncture holes near the bottom edge of the cap. The interior of the cap is fully lined in ribbed, cotton/rayon blend material. Faint maker mark with 1940 date. Size 57. Very nice original cap.