Description
Here is your chance to pick up a RARE white piped Heer EM M40 tropical cap. This example is manufactured by the firm of Kurtze & Storkmann, Berlin and marked as a size 58. Mid war type having the red cotton lining and built in sweatband of stiffly treated off white cotton, there are two enameled ventilation grommets per side and three of the four still have their original finish, cap body is made of olive colored ribbed cotton twill, the white soutcahe, for Heer anti aircraft troops is factory machine stitched. Bevo style tropical national emblem and national colors are originally hand sewn. This example was actually worn and exhibits light age to the body and soling to the sweatband, the former owner applied stitches to the internal peak presumably to give the cap a fashionable pinched look but this application looks to have relaxed in intervening years. The bill’s internal stiffener is slightly misshapen from long storage in a pasteboard carton which is included. Click HERE to view more images of this item! The Heer was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it ceased to exist in 1945 and then formally dissolved in August 1946. During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army. Germany’s army personnel were made up of volunteers and conscripts. Only 17 months after Adolf Hitler announced publicly the German rearmament program, the Army reached its projected goal of 36 divisions. During the autumn of 1937, two more corps were formed. In 1938 four additional corps were formed with the inclusion of the five divisions of the Austrian Army after the Anschluss in March. During the period of its expansion under Hitler, the German Army continued to develop concepts pioneered during World War I, combining ground (Army) and air (Luftwaffe) assets into combined arms forces. The German military managed quick victories in the two initial years of World War II, a new style of warfare described as Blitzkrieg for its speed and destructive power. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
