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K026065 "1.A. SCHIFFSTAMMDIVISION DER NORDSEE 1 A." CAP TALLEY.
(Mützenband)BACKGROUND: German EM/NCO’s "Donald Duck" style sailor’s cap was based on a traditional design that dates back to the creation of the Prussian Navy in 1848. During the Imperial German Navy, the Weimar Reichsmarine, (National Navy, Circa 1919-1933), and the early Third Reich eras these Donald Duck style sailor’s caps were issued with a named cap talley to identify the ship, flotilla or land unit the individual was serving with. On November 1ST 1938 the Navy mobilization order introduced the "Kriegsmarine" cap talley to replace the named cap tallies as a security measure in the case of active mobilization. Personnel who had no possible contact with the outside world retained the privilege to wear the named tallies until mid-1940 when additional orders restricted wear of all named cap tallies excluding personnel of the NCO’s Preparatory Schools. Originally the script on the cap tallies was worked in gilt wire but due to the potential tarnish discoloration of the wire regulations of October 29TH 1936 dictated that the manufacture of the gilt script on the cap tallies was to be discontinued and replaced with golden yellow celleon threads although the directive was not strictly adhered to. Of Note: Both the Kriegsmarine Baltic and North Sea stations had a separate Ship Cadre Division consisting of two battalions each until regulations in 1935 abolished them at which time they transferred to command of the particular station they were assigned to. Originally the Ship Cadre Division cap talley's utilized Roman numerals and the prefix letter "A", to distinguish the battalions until regulations of February 1934 altered the talley's to Arabic numerals. Further regulations of April 1938 also eliminated the "A" prefix.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 3cm tall, 118cm long, early, (pre-November 1936), woven black rayon construction cap talley with machine woven Gothic script, "1. A. Schiffstammdivision der Nordsee. 1 A.", (1ST Ship Cadre Division of the North Sea), in gilt flat-wire threads. The ends of the cap talley are straight cut. The talley is in overall very good condition with a rich coppery toned age tarnish to the script.
GRADE **** PRICE $54.00
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