NEW! Unissued Army Cavalry Visor Caps w/Original Storage Box. Unissued Army Cavalry Visor Caps w/Original Storage Box. These superb, unused, private purchase, Cavalry visor caps, complete with original storage box, were recently obtained in Germany from the estate of the original owner. The hats are stored in the original, EX++ storage box. Oval box is constructed of black leatherette with tan leather edge binding and carrying strap with metal snap fastener and interior covered in gray artificial silk with straps to secure both hats. Box shows only minor wear with light crazing/scuffing to leatherette on top of case. Inside the box is a page from the "Samtag, 12. Februar 1944" edition of the Rheinisch - Westfälische Zeitung.

A- Cavalry Officer's Visor Cap. Body of cap is constructed of Feldgrau tricot wool with dark green felt cap band. Cap features Cavalry yellow piping, aluminum Army style eagle, hand embroidered aluminion bullion oak leaf wreath w/metal cockade with red felt center, aluminum bullion cap cords and pebbled aluminum side buttons. Black Vulcan fiber visor showsminor surface wear primarily to raised edge, but no cracks, crazing or nicks. Interior features light green artificial silk lining with no stains, rips or tears and is complete with tan calfskin sweatband which shows no evidence of wear. Celluloid sweat shield is perfect and is marked "EREL, Berlin, Sonderklasse" within diamond above "Privat" (indicates cap was custom ordered) within rectangle, imprinted into celluloid. The leather sweatband is marked "EREL" "Patent Stirnschütz" (patented forehead protection) empressed into the leather. Superb, quality, visor cap with no moth damage or stains. Near MINT/MINT

B- Cavalry NCO/EM Visor Cap. Body of cap is constructed of Feldgrau tricot wool with dark green felt cap band. Cap features Cavalry yellow piping, frosted, aluminuum Army style eagle, aluminum oak leaf wreath and cockade with red felt center and black leather chin strap and black side buttons. Black Vulcan fiber visor shows no cracks, crazing or nicks. Chin strap shows minor age residue, but no rips or tears. Interior features golden yellow artificial silk lining showing no stains rips or tears and is complete with unmarked, tan leather calf skin sweatband which shows no evidence or wear. Celluloid sweat shield is perfect and is marked with an imprinted stylized eagle atop a black elongated diamond inscribed "Erstklassig" the initials,"CW". Sweatshield is complete with size tag markded, "58 1/2". Superb, quality, visor cap with no moth damage or stains. Near MINT/MINT (25205) $3,695.

NEW! NS-Reichskriegerbund (Kyfferhäuser) Visor Cap w/RARE Edelweiss Emblem. Body of cap is constructed of private purchase quality Navy blue wool with Navy blue wool piping and black woven cap band with alternating pattern of canted swastika and the shield of the Kyfferhäuser Memorial. Cap body features a black/red/silver cockade with a gilt stylized oak leaf wreath surrounding an oval black enameled Veteran's Monument on a white field above a black swastika inside a white circle on red background on the cap band. Cap body grades Near MINT with no wear and only minor moth tracking, but not holes, and 100% of the gilting and enamel remaining on the Kyffhäuserbund Monument shield. Black Vulcan fiber visor edged in black leatherette, black leather chin strap and black side button show only minor age with no cracks, chips or damage. Attached to the left side of the cap band is a RARE metal Edelweiss emblem that NS-RKB members of the Hochland district were authorized, as of 18 March 1936, to wear in lieu of the left cap button. See pages 285-286 of Headgear of Hitler's Germany, Vol. 2 by Jill Halcomb Smith and Wilhelm P.B.R. Saris with Otto Spronk. Emblem retains 100% of the factory finish on the silver metal Edelweiss flower with no damage to the enamel on the Kyffhäuserbund Monument shield attached to the center of the flower. Interior features bright blue artificial silk lining and tan calfskin sweatband showing only faint evidence of wear/use, but no damage. Center of lining is stamped in silver with the Kyffhäuserbund Monument emblem beneath the inscription, "Deutscher Reichskriegerbund" (Kyffhäuserbund) and the sweatband is marked in pencil with the initials, "T.N". Superb example with RARE Edelweiss emblem. Near MINT, Unissued (25588) $675.

Unissued SS M-43 One-Piece Panzer Field Cap Insigne. As stated on page 458 of Cloth Insignia of the SS by LTC (Ret.) John R. Angolia, "Sometime in 1944 the last version of the M-1943 field cap insignia was introduced. …These one-piece insignia were made in a machine-woven style in assorted shades of silver-grey or matte grey artificial sild or rayon. …These one-piece insignia were produced on a black background for the black armored [panzer] forces headgear". This unissued/un-cut, machine woven insigne features an SS-style eagle and death's head in flat silver-gray thread on black artificial silk background measures 5.3cm X 4cm. Examples of this pattern insignia are pictured on page 459 of the above reference. RARE, unissued SS insigne obtained from the estate of WWII, 28th Infantry Division veteran Ernest Hormann. MINT/Unissued (24534) $425.

NEW! Luftwaffe Winter Flight Helmet M- LKp W 101 w/Earphones, Throat Microphones & Goggles.This superb winter flight helmet M-LKp 101, constructed of dark brown goat's skin leather with white lamb's wool lining, grades MINT/unissued with no wear to leather or to lining. The earphone housings are covered in dark brown dark brown leather with a molded notch for retaining the flying goggles. Two leather straps are provided for securing the helmet to the head, and are attached left and right by single prong buckles. An eyelet on top of the helmet and two hooks at the sides of the face are used to attach the oxygen mask. The Mi 4b throat microphones are located on two leather straps which are attached at the rear of the helmet along with the electrical cables with four-pole coupling. Interior of helmet bears the fabric label, "Siemens LKpW101" and is ink-stamped size "61". The MINT/unissued flying goggles feature two-pies lenses stitched to molded rubber eye pieces set into light metal frames with five ventilation holes along the upper and lower edges. The two lenses are joined by a metal linking bar with a single adjustable screws. Superb combination in unissued condition. MINT/Unissued (24925) $575.

Winter Flight Helmet Model K33
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The Model K33 winter flight helmet was manufactured without any radio gear and was designed to be used by crews in training or by crew members who did not need radio gear. Brown goat skin leather helmet with white lamb’s wool lining shows virtually no wear to leather or to lining. Two leather straps are provided for securing the helmet to the head, and are attached left and right by single prong buckles. Interior of helmet bears the label, “RB-Nr. 0/0915/5232” and is ink-stamped size “57”. Beautiful helmet in superb condition which was purchased in Germany directly from the original owner. Exc++/Near MINT (19182) $325.