Germany, Heer. A Flak/Artillery EM/NCO’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by G.A. Hoffmann certificate_of_authenticity likely wartime made personal souvenir

likely wartime made personal souvenir composed of a mounted Prussian pilot's badge

and include some material fatigue of the exterior wool

with slight wear of the silver finish

208 mm x 295 mm)

In his RCAF Report on Pupil Pilot - Flying and Ground Training

Germany, Heer. A Flak/Artillery EM/NCO’s Visor Cap, Owner-Attributed Example, by G.A. Hoffmann certificate_of_authenticity likely wartime made personal souvenir(Heer Schirmmtze fr Mannschaften der Flak Artillerie). A very well preserved Heer Flak Artillery EM NCOs visor cap, constructed of field grey wool. It features reinforced side walls fully lined on the exterior with a dark green wool cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with red wool piping, while an additional length of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown. Pinned onto the peak is a silvered zink