Fire Police Visor Cap

Product Description: This Fire Police Visor Cap is loaded with eye appeal. The fine blue wool cap body, black velvet cap band and attractive pink Feuerschutzpolizei piping all retain bright original color. There is light mothing throughout, with some nips to the piping, as well as some larger holes under the overhang. This cap features very attractive insignia, with a pristine second pattern aluminum Polizei wreathed eagle and swastika emblem, and a nice early type national colors cockade with attractive toning. The chin strap and patent leather visor are complete and nearly perfect. Inside, this Fire Police Visor Cap is extremely clean, with a nice tailor marking for H. Mandelartz in Aachen on the thin orange lining fabric. This cap never had a sweat shield. The sweatband is complete, with no issues, and the stitching for the visor remains tight. This cap shows virtually no signs of wear. This all-original cap looks great on display, and remains in very good condition.

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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