Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Hold crazing evident in the white

crazing evident in the white enamels on all three panels

The damage to the big guns left the approach to the lagoon open

measures 39 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

the reverse bearing a central 1914 Iron Cross

the obverse bears the image of a basket of flowers

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Hold crazing evident in the white(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently scallop toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm