Original German WWII Heer Feldgendarmerie or Recruiting Officer Peak Visor Cap by EREL (Double Marked) Royal Air Force Thickness: 12mm

Thickness: 12mm

It bears the complete Royal Artillery Regimental arms showing the Royal Cypher with Queen's Crown over gilt brass Cannon insignia and the Regimental Motto amid lush embroidered foliage

The Finnish Army later sold the weapon as surplus to IMA in 1996

Ironically this M-1866/74/80 was superseded in 1886 with the introduction of the 8mm Lebel rifle

A resistance fighter was to recover the weapon

Original German WWII Heer Feldgendarmerie or Recruiting Officer Peak Visor Cap by EREL (Double Marked) Royal Air Force Thickness: 12mmOriginal Item: Only One available. Beautiful early war Erel made visor cap for a Heer Feldgendarmerie or Recruiting officer. This is a wonderful used condition early war EREL Officer's Schirmmtze Visor Cap is fabricated in Army green gray wool, with wide dark green wool cap band, plus three rows of orange wool piping (a rare Waffenfarbe) around the circumference. The peak visor cap retains matching, early quality, silver aluminum hand embroidered