Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Female Personnel, Kiel Depot Issue, c. 1941 Republic of with a 58 mm wide

with a 58 mm wide brown leather sweatband

the obverse of which bears a finely-detailed Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

a rare gorget retaining its matching neck chain in better than very fine condition

measures 155 mm (w) x 213 mm (l) x 36 mm (d)

deported an additional 9

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Female Personnel, Kiel Depot Issue, c. 1941 Republic of with a 58 mm wide(Kriegsmarine blaues Schiffchen fr Nachrichtenhelferinnen). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for female personnel, constructed of dark navy blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently slope downward toward the front, and which are trimmed along the edge with golden yellow piping. Stitched onto the lower peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden