Early army (Heer) artillery officer crusher cap ‘knautschmütze’ by Erel

Description

Very rare and seldom seen army crusher cap with red piping for artillery by the Erel firm. The visor is light worn but has suffered from some light mothing on top. Luck none of it is visble when looking from it at the front were its national insignia sit. These are period applied and well sunk into the cloth. The interior shows light wear and is marked with the Erel logo. It looks like a chin cord was once part of the visor, but was removed later on for combat purposes. Beautiful and ultra rare visor cap!