Germany, Heer. An Afrikakorps Panzer Em/Nco’s M43 Field Cap, By Carl Halfar Hold all with intact lugs)

all with intact lugs)

Grave Reference: Panel 18-28-30 and is commemorated on page 28 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

90 mm x 104 mm

Surface oxidation and undulation evident on a few badges

and minor drawn modification of one of the subject’s heads

Germany, Heer. An Afrikakorps Panzer Em/Nco’s M43 Field Cap, By Carl Halfar Hold all with intact lugs)(Einheitsfeldmtze M43 fr Afrikakorps Panzertruppe). A well preserved and field used Afrikakorps (DAK) Panzer EM NCOs M43 field cap, constructed of a ribbed beige tan cotton twill. It is fully surrounded by decorative fold down side panels with frontal scalloping, and flanked on each side by dual ventilation holes reinforced with zink eyelets. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a light brown cotton base overlaid by a machine