Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s M35 Tropical Overseas Cap, By Hans Brandt certificate_of_authenticity 1943 and signed in blue

1943 and signed in blue ink by the leader of the 72nd Infantry Division

overlaid by a central horse

measuring 18 mm (w) x 27 mm (h-inclusive of swords and oak leaves)

Association of Italian Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

four years earlier than his famous great-grandfather

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s M35 Tropical Overseas Cap, By Hans Brandt certificate_of_authenticity 1943 and signed in blue(Heer Tropen Schiffchen). A very well preserved Heer EM NCOs M35 tropical overseas cap, constructed of an olive drab cotton blend. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which are scalloped toward the front, while the crown is flanked on each side by a ventilation hole reinforced with a brown painted zink grommet. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a light brown rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered silver