German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap

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SKU: 20.GOR.01.01.01.02.002.000

Estimated market value:

$725 USD

  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Profile
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Front
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Right Side
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Back
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Left Side
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Interior
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Eagle Detail
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Wreath & Cockade Detail
  • German Army Artillery & Ordnance Officer's Visor Cap Marker Mark

Estimated market value:

$725 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany
  • Composition
    Wool/Cloth/Vulkanfiber/Silk/Aluminum/Bullion/Plastic

Physical Description and Item Details


Heer Artillery officer’s visor cap, constructed of smooth field-grey wool. The crown of the cap is fully lined with a band of red piping, with two additional bands of identical piping located at the top and bottom of the cap band, itself constructed of dark green wool. Pinned into the peak of the cap is a silvered zink Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm (w) x 25 mm (h). Affixed to the cap band underneath the eagle is a zink tri-colour cockade surrounded by a silvered zink oak wreath, measuring 65 mm (w) x 42 mm (h). The cap is flanked on each side by a pebbled, silvered button holding in place a decorative chinstrap constructed of multiple rows of silver aluminum wire. The chinstrap rests upon the visor, which is constructed of vulcanfibre and presents with a lacquered black obverse and tan-coloured reverse. The interior bears a 48 mm-wide tan-coloured leather sweatband which is securely held in place by machine stitching. It features a complete pale yellow rayon liner, the crown of which bears a transparent rhomboid moisture guard with a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL SCHELLENBERG, STIRNDRUCKFREI, SONDERKLASSE”. A paper slip with a size stamp of “56” is inserted into the guard. The cap measures approximately 240 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 165 mm (h). Minor material fatigue is evident to the exterior, the walls of the cap band have been distorted, one of the exterior buttons has been replaced, and there is minor soiling of the interior. The cap is in an otherwise very fine condition.

History


The Visor Cap was not a newly developed garment. It had already been well established in the 1920s. The pattern that was used during the Third Reich was established in 1931.

The cap was made of a field grey-green woolen top, a dark green cap band, and a black leather visor. There are three bands of piping, one along the top, one above the cap band, and one below it. Piping is in the colour of the branch type of the wearer, except for General ranks, who had gold-coloured piping.

Enlisted men and NCOs wore a black leather chinstrap. Officers up to General ranks wore a silver-coloured chincord, whereas General ranks wore a gold-coloured one.

The cap has an eagle insignia on the front of the cap band and below it a national cockade in red, white, and black with a circle of oak leaves.

Prices will vary significantly depending on the branch, since caps of certain branches are rare.

Branch colours on German Heer headgear was as follows:
Black was worn by Engineer units.
Black/White was worn by Panzer Engineers.
Copper Brown was worn by Motorcycle personnel.
Light Brown was worn by Signals units until 1936, and by Construction troops.
Carmine was worn by the Führer Staff, General Staff Officers, Staff Officers of the Supreme Command of the Army, and all Veterinary branches.
Bordeaux Red was worn by Smoke & Chemical personnel.
Wine Red was worn by Judicial officials.
Bright Red was worn by Generals, Artillery units, and Ordnance Officers (until 1944).
Rose or Pink was worn by all Armored units (including Panzer troops, and Schützen Brigade Staff).
Orange was worn by Recruiting personnel, Ordnance troops, Ordnance Officers (since 1944), and Field Gendarmerie units.
Bright yellow was worn by Cavalry units, and Light Division Staff.
Lemon yellow was worn by Signal units.
White was worn by Infantry units.
Light Grey was worn by Propaganda personnel.
Grey-Blue was worn by Sonderführer (Specialist Officers).
Violet was worn by Chaplains and Field Bishops.
Cornflower Blue was worn by Medical units, and Supply units.
Bright Blue was worn by Transport troops.
Bright Green was worn by Jäger and Mountain units.
Grass Green was worn by Panzer Grenadier units (Armored Infantry).
Dark Green was worn by Administrative personnel.

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