BACKGROUND: As with most nations, the German national postal service was a uniformed organization, whose uniform regulations were altered shortly after the NSDAP achieved political power in January of 1933.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A dark navy blue wool construction visor cap, featuring a one-piece circular crown, piped in orange and whose internal stiffening wire is still intact, a body with seams to each of its cardinal points, a one-piece center band, also piped in orange along its edges and whose vertical seam is to the reverse, and a blackened visor. Double ventilation grommets (one missing) under the left and right lower body top. Fixed to the forward seam line of the body is a die-struck aluminum Reichspost eagle, whose out-stretched wings have a 48mm span, and which clutches a wreathed, mobile swastika in its talons. An internal, vertical shape retainer is behind this forward seam line, giving the cap a high peak to the front. Fixed to the front of the black velvet center band is a 1 1/4" diameter, silver-washed, stamped alloy oak leaf wreath, encircling the black painted, fluted base to a raised, polished aluminum korkarden, to whose center is a red felt "dot." The silver wash to the wreath appears to be fully retained. Fixed by a convex metal button over each ear is a blackened, patent leather chin strap, wrapped and riveted around rectangular alloy "rings," through which then loop the main body of the strap, with two metal sliding adjustment buckles along its length. All of its metal and alloy components are also blackened. The vulcanfibre visor, with a raised lip along its forward edge, is blackened to its upper surface, and dark brown colored to its underside. The top interior of the cap is lined in gold-colored cotton rayon, and features a 40mm wide, tan leather sweatband. Stamped, in silver, to a celluloid diamond sewn to the interior crown is is a beautiful company and information for the firm of "C.Luis Weber Uniform-Fabrik Hannover". The cap is roughly a size 58. Superb untouched original example, nice cap.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $280.00