Eye Catching Heer Officer Visor

Product Description: This eye-catching Heer Officer Visor is a really interesting cap, with an unusual appearance when compared to other visors. The exterior material is constructed from a “salt and pepper” style fine tricot fabric, with no damage. There is no branch piping; the piping is present, but made out of the same fabric as the rest of the exterior. The cap band is made of a typical Heer dark green wool. The insignia consist of a Heer cap eagle, and metal wreath with painted red cockade center. The insignia show wear and age matching the cap, and appear to be period applied. A gold celluloid officers’ style chincord is affixed to the visor with black NCO style buttons. Inside, this visor is lined with the typical reddish-brown oilcloth lining we usually see on earlier produced visors. The original celluloid sweatshield is intact, and is marked with the manufacturer logo “Elegant.” The interior of this cap shows honest wear to the lining and leather sweatband. This Heer Officer visor is no doubt original pre-May 1945, but at the moment we cant say exactly what its intended purpose was, or if it was perhaps a one-off customized piece for the original wearer. It’s an appealing and unique cap, worthy of further study and research. The condition rates as excellent.

Historical Description: The visor cap (Schirmmütze) was an important part of the headgear worn by German uniformed military, civil, paramilitary and political organizations during the Third Reich. This was the standard cloth headgear worn as a part of the service uniform. Visor caps were worn outdoors, as well as indoors, and were often required to be worn by all personnel on duty. Visor caps were made in versions specific to each organization and were often further differentiated through the use of insignia, colored piping, or style of chin cord, to indicate rank, role or branch. The insignia used on these caps ranged from simple stamped metal emblems, to elaborate hand embroidery. Visor caps were issued to enlisted soldiers and NCOs in the military and in some other organizations. Officers had to purchase their own hats, and lower ranks could choose to purchase caps that were of a higher quality than the rather basic, issue examples. The private purchase caps were generally made in very high quality, with fine materials. A wide variety of fabrics were used, from Trikot and doeskin, to heavy wool, or even lightweight white fabric for summer wear. In the military, issue of these caps was generally suspended shortly after the outbreak of the war, but they continued to be worn by some troops until the end of the war.

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