G004294 DRAGOON “Dragoner Regt. König Albert von Sachsen ” OFFICER'S VISOR CAP.

BACKGROUND: The Prussian army’s visor cap evolved from the enlisted mans "stable cap" in the early 1800's and was originally reserved for wear by Officer’s and Senior NCO’s with enlisted personnel being outfitted with a visor less "Kratzchen" type field cap. In the early 1900's wear of the visor cap was extended to EM’s and Junior NCO ranks when off duty or in peace time. In 1907/1910 the German army introduced a new field grey uniform, including headgear, to replace the previously worn dark blue uniforms. In 1915 after the outbreak of WWI the new 1907/1910 uniforms and headgear underwent minor modifications and were re designated the M1915 uniform. On its introduction the NCO/Officer’s visor cap was issued with a branch of service, (waffenfarbe) colored centerband and piping. In 1917 the visor cap was modified by discontinuing the branch of service color centerbands and replacing them with a less visible green centerband for all branches of service but both versions of the caps were worn concurrently. In 1806 with the defeat of the Prussian army by Napoleon at Jena and the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 the Prussian army was limited to a total of 42,000 troops. In order to circumvent this restriction Prussian Generals Scharnhorst and Gneisenau instituted the Krümper system which resulted in the formation of Landwehr and Landsturm units which were given military training and then released from service to act as a trained pool of reserves and not surpass the quota set by Napoleon. After Napoleons defeat and retreat from Russia in 1813 and the Prussian victory over the French army in the War of Liberation at the battle of Leipzig Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III established the Iron Cross awards. As a result of the performance of the Landwehr and Landsturm units in the War of Liberation King Friedrich awarded them with the symbol of the Iron Cross with additional script, Mit Gott für Koenig und Vaterland 1813, (With God for King and Fatherland), as a battle honor to be worn on their headgear. Certain units retained the right to wear specific colors to preserve traditions and Dragoons, (Heavy Calvary), units were entitled to wear a powder blue cap with particular units also utilizing white waffenfarbe. 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Nice quality, early, pre WWI, Teller form, powder blue wool construction visor cap with white wool piping to the top of the crown edge and a white wool horizontal centerband. Original insignia. Complete liner and sweatband. Roughly a size 56. Cap would be for Dragoner Regt. König Albert von Sachsen (Ostpreußisches ) Nr.10 (Allenstein) XX Armee Korps. Nice worn and used example showing the expected age and wear.

GRADE ****                             PRICE $595.00

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