Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Officer’s Visor Cap, By Erel Archive and Canadian Special Service Medal

and Canadian Special Service Medal

I led the formation and Rudi was 10 m behind me in the second chain

A bronze grade DRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) badge

severed interior fabric hinge cover

and two smaller badges

Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Officer’s Visor Cap, By Erel Archive and Canadian Special Service Medal(Heer Kavallerie Aufklrer Schirmmtze). An extremely well preserved Heer Cavalry Reconnaissance Officers visor cap, constructed of field grey wool. The cap features reinforced side walls, with the exterior bearing a dark green wool cap band. Golden yellow Waffenfarbe piping adorns the crown, as well as the top and bottom of the cap band. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia in the form of a green wool backer bearing a hand embroidered Wehrmacht eagle