Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap, Late-War Example, by Karl Heisler Auction Archive Badge: bronze gilt phoenix insignia

Badge: bronze gilt phoenix insignia

Grand Cross Badge were awarded

the South Aegean Sea and Italy during World War II

measuring 32 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap, Late-War Example, by Karl Heisler Auction Archive Badge: bronze gilt phoenix insignia(Heer Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A well preserved Heer Officers overseas cap, constructed of field grey wool twill. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark green rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 30 mm (h) and, in the absence of piping,