Germany, Kriegsmarine. An EM/NCO’s Board Cap United Republic of mounted to a horizontal pinback

mounted to a horizontal pinback with blue wool backing maker marked GRABOW & MATTHES KIEL

23 mm x 23 mm

small indentation and scuff mark on the lid

great grandfather and great great grandfather

in turn flanked by the icon’s title in Slavonic

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An EM/NCO’s Board Cap United Republic of mounted to a horizontal pinback(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine EM NCOs board cap, constructed of dark navy blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which taper downward toward the peak. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm (h) overall. Directly below