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Here is your chance to pick up a Heer medical officer crusher cap. Early quality cap with body made of a doeskin type wool and having piping and cap band also of wool materials. Cap is lined in pale orange colored rayon. The celluloid sweat diamond is embossed in silver Beste Qualität. The former owner’s name label is sewn to the lining. The full sweatband is of tan colored leather, as is often the case the cap’s black leather visor shows age crazing. The woven flatwire wreath is machine straight stitched while the flatwire national emblem is hand applied with green thread. The cap body shows a good deal of service wear and there are a few small holes to the body. It has been folded flat and could benefit from being placed on a head form. Cap has all of the qualities and characteristics of the classic ‘crusher’, Estimated as a size 56. 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!
