Germany, Kriegsmarine. An EM/NCO’s M41 Tropical Field Cap, French-Made Variant Auction Archive with DEM DRITTEN (THE THIRD)

with DEM DRITTEN (THE THIRD) below

Instituted 22 March 1871 by King/Kaiser Wilhelm I

Issued 1865-1918

with golden trimming along all four sides of the tab

with the single rank of Grand Cordon

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An EM/NCO’s M41 Tropical Field Cap, French-Made Variant Auction Archive with DEM DRITTEN (THE THIRD)(Kriegsmarine Tropen Einheitsfeldmtze M41). A well preserved Kriegsmarine EM NCOs M41 tropical field cap, constructed of khaki tan cotton. A layer of identical material provides stylized side walls and is secured in place with a length of machine stitching. The crown is flanked on each side by dual ventilation holes, both reinforced with gilded brass grommets, which sit just above the walls. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a khaki