A Kriegsmarine Enlisted Man's/Nco's Overseas Side Cap; French Made Auction Archive The battery left Mushroom Valley

The battery left Mushroom Valley on November 15th and arrived in Bloemfontein by rail on the 18th

also rating extremely fine

the highest level of this order

five-colour cover with four pages of text in black ink

LAING'S NEK (16263 GNR: P

A Kriegsmarine Enlisted Man's/Nco's Overseas Side Cap; French Made Auction Archive The battery left Mushroom ValleyConstructed with a black wool exterior, fold down panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides, the panels sewn in place via stitching at the front behind the cockade, sewn in place on the peak on the front is a Kriegsmarine eagle in yellow and navy blue machine embroidery, illustrating a left facing spread winged eagle, its talons gripping a wreathed swastika below, embroidered tri colour cockade on a navy blue