Original Imperial German WWI Named Kaiserliche Marine Navy “Fore and Aft” Bicorn Officer’s Dress Cap with Box - Reserve Lieutenant Eduard Schmidt, SMS G197 Watch Officer New Items The tin is decorated on

The tin is decorated on the outside with very nice tan checkerboard pattern

The grenade body does in fact appear to be an actual Type 91 grenade body with a machined aluminum booster fixed to the bottom by a flathead brass screw

and Arthur Walsh

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Shoulder rest bracket has been removed

Original Imperial German WWI Named Kaiserliche Marine Navy “Fore and Aft” Bicorn Officer’s Dress Cap with Box - Reserve Lieutenant Eduard Schmidt, SMS G197 Watch Officer New Items The tin is decorated onOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic, well preserved example of a WWI Imperial German Kaiserliche Marine Naval Officers Bicorn dress cap, affectionately called a fore and aft. The cap is nicely named on the inside sweatband with Eduard Schmidt, and with a little research, combined with the handwritten note, we were able to discover what Torpedo Boat he served with as a Watch Officer. Watchkeeping or watchstanding is the assignment of