Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Officer’s Visor Cap visually-hidden silvering wear and contact marks

silvering wear and contact marks evident on the reverse

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (701 PTE

engraved by Japanese characters standing for “Order of Merit Decoration”

secured by a thick drawstring on the underside

and 83 who later died of their wounds

Germany, SS. A Waffen-SS Officer’s Visor Cap visually-hidden silvering wear and contact marks(Waffen SS Schirmmtze fr einen Offizier). A well preserved Waffen SS Officers service grade visor cap, constructed of field grey wool with a gentle whipcord weave. It features reinforced side walls fully lined on the exterior with a black doeskin cap band. Both the top and bottom edges of the cap band are trimmed with white wool piping, while an additional band of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown. Notably, the crowns interior