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Here is your chance to pick up a great tropical Kriegsmarine M40 cap. The machine-emboridered eagle is neatly hand sewn to the front of the cap. BeVo style cockade is machine sewn to the cap. Signs of use to the exterior with minor soiling and sun bleaching evident. Interior lining shows signs of use with soiling and a repair as seen in photos. This one is right as rain and would display great. A nice worn but not abused cap that is perfect for a combat display. Click HERE to view more images of this item! In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, the Kriegsmarine grew rapidly during German naval rearmament in the 1930s. The 1919 treaty had limited the size of the German navy previously, and prohibited the building of submarines.The Kriegsmarine ‘s most significant ships were the U-boats, most of which were constructed after Plan Z was abandoned at the beginning of World War II. Wolfpacks were rapidly assembled groups of submarines which attacked British convoys during the first half of the Battle of the Atlantic but this tactic was largely abandoned by May 1943 when U-boat losses mounted. Along with the U-boats, surface commerce raiders (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck . However, the adoption of convoy escorts, especially in the Atlantic, greatly reduced the effectiveness of surface commerce raiders against convoys. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
