Heer Officer Administrative Visor Cap

Product Description: This Heer Officer Administrative Visor Cap is a really appealing piece. It’s a typical, tailor made, private purchase officer cap. The exterior is made of a very fine field gray doeskin wool, with a blue/green center band and dark green wool Waffenfarbe piping (indicating Heeresverwaltung, or Army Administration) to the crown edge and the top and bottom of the center band. The wool does have some very small moth holes and moth tracking. This cap features an outstanding set of high quality, hand embroidered insignia, with the eagle and cockade both being original to the cap. The standard officer pattern twisted silver/aluminum chin cord is attached to the cap with two small silver-washed pebbled sheet metal buttons. The black Vulcanfiber visor has a typical raised lip to the forward edge, and retains great original luster to the gloss black surface. Inside, this Heer Officer Administrative Visor Cap is lined with gold rayon. The original celluloid sweat diamond is intact. The leather sweatband shows only very slight wear, and is complete. There are no markings; this cap is about a size 55/56. This handsome cap displays extremely well, and is in excellent plus 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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