Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mechanic's Overseas Field Cap, Maker-Marked And Owner-Attributed Auction Archive the centre bears a “W”

the centre bears a “W” encompassed by a border of laurel leaves

the reverse bearing a central date of “1

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At every stage in the writing of this book Major Reynolds has enjoyed access to War Office and Ministry of Supply records

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mechanic's Overseas Field Cap, Maker-Marked And Owner-Attributed Auction Archive the centre bears a “W”(Luftwaffe Schiffchen fr Mechaniker). A well preserved Luftwaffe mechanics overseas field cap, constructed of black herringbone twill (HBT) cotton blended cloth. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls with a downward slope toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 72 mm (w) x 34 mm (h). The