Germany, Heer. A Flak/Artillery EM/NCO’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by G.A. Hoffmann Auction Archive affixed with two sliding bands

affixed with two sliding bands of identical construction

1896 in Emerson

with the central medallion featuring a royal crown surrounded by an exterior wreath

some tarnishing and material fatigue evident

the obverse upper left corner featuring an embossed Reichsmarschall insignia

Germany, Heer. A Flak/Artillery EM/NCO’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by G.A. Hoffmann Auction Archive affixed with two sliding bands(Heer Schirmmtze fr Mannschaften der Flak Artillerie). A very well preserved Heer Flak Artillery EM NCOs visor cap, constructed of field grey wool. It features reinforced side walls fully lined on the exterior with a dark green wool cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with red wool piping, while an additional length of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown. Pinned onto the peak is a silvered zink