SS Visor Cap Allgemeine NCO

Product Description: This SS Visor Cap Allgemeine NCO is a very rare and desirable “Sonderklasse” piece. It shows top quality materials and construction throughout. The exterior is made of a nice SS black wool, with deep original color, and a Trikot weave. The white piping is made of wool, and shows some moth damage in places. The eagle is missing, but the “Totenkopf” skull emblem is intact. The skull is zinc, with traces of the original silvering, but most of the obverse has reverted to a dull, dark gray color from age. The correct SS style chin strap is intact, and the visor has nice shine. Inside, this cap is lined with golden rayon. The SS RZM tag is present. It shows some wear, and about half of the thin leather chin strap is missing. The celluloid sweatshield is broken and partially missing, and about half of the original SS runic emblem on the sweat diamond remains. It’s size marked “59” in black ink. These caps are extremely sought-after. This one displays very well, and remains in very good condition overall.

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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