Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1St Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap GTRexclude Footnote: The Siege of Mafeking

Footnote: The Siege of Mafeking was the most famous British action in the Second Boer War

first in November 1914 and was assigned to the 500 Draft Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Reinforcements (but does not appear on the PPCLI rolls)

the obverse with a central raised pillbox

covering the green Art Caps manufacturer's insignia

415 mm x 415 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1St Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap GTRexclude Footnote: The Siege of Mafeking(Fallschirm Panzer Division 1. Hermann Gring Schiffchen). A 1st Fallschirm Panzer Division Hermann Gring EM NCOs overseas cap, constructed of a black herringbone cotton twill. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, gently scalloped toward the front. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a black wool backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 56 mm (w)