German Army Veterinary Officer's Visor Cap

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SKU: 20.GOR.01.01.01.02.014.000

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

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

Estimated market value:

$700 USD

Attributes

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

Physical Description and Item Details


Veterinary officer’s cap, constructed of smooth field-grey wool. The crown of the cap is fully trimmed with a band of carmine piping, with two additional bands of identical piping located at the top and bottom of the cap band, itself constructed of dark green doeskin wool. Pinned into the peak of the cap is an aluminum Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 65 mm (w) x 26 mm (h), with all three of its reverse attachment prongs intact. Underneath the eagle, the cap band bears a zink tri-colour cockade within a silver aluminum wire oak wreath, measuring 64 mm (w) x 44 mm (h). The cap is flanked on each side by pebbled magnetic metal buttons holding in place a decorative chinstrap, constructed of multiple rows of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire. The chinstrap rests upon the visor, itself constructed of vulcanfibre and presenting with a lacquered black obverse and tan-coloured reverse. The interior of the cap bears a 45 mm-wide tan-coloured sweatband securely held in place by a row of machine stitching. It is fully lined with an off-white rayon liner, the crown of which bears a transparent rhomboid moisture guard. The guard overlays a gilt maker’s mark of “MITZLAFF & BLIEDUNG, KOBLENZ”, while there is a paper insert bearing an owner’s name of “DR. RAUSCH”. The cap measures 250 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 166 mm (h). Minor exterior material fatigue is evident, there is some soiling of the interior liner, and there is evidence that the cockade and wreath have been replaced. The cap is in an otherwise near extremely 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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