Cloth headgear

Rare Heer M43 EM / NCO Panzer cap with factory sewn insignia. The cap is in good, worn condition. It has some damage to the trapezoid but it is a factory sewn exampe. This is surely one of the hardest to find M43 caps with factory sewn insignia. I have never been able to offer such a Panzer M43 cap with factory sewn insignia.

Stripped Heer M43 EM / NCO cap in good used condition. Textbook example made from Italian wool. Beautiful unwashed example with a lot of character. The RBNR, year, size markings inside are visible but hard to read.

Heer Panzergrenadier EM / NCO visor Pz.Gr.Regt. 73. 19 Pz. Div.

This visor was veteran acquired from Niemann trough a collector who worked out his personal history. A brief history on his service can be read underneath. The visor is in excellent condition and in the rare Panzergrenadier piping colour. The lining is marked VI indicating the size 56. The visor was made by J. Lettel from Hannover. The visor retains its original insignia and would be very hard to upgrade. Interestingly this Visor was with the veteran in Paris where his transport was strafed by Allied fighter planes where he lost the visor. Beautiful and textbook cap with a interesting history!

The visor belonged to Helmut Hans Niemann, who served with Infanterie Regiment 73 since 1.1.1940, then transferred to Geschutz Kompanie, Schutzen Regiment 73. Then to the 11. Kompanie Schutzen Regiment 74 in 1941. In 1942 he was transferred to 9. (S.I.G.) Kompanie Schutzen Regiment 73 which was renamed to 9 (S.I.G.) Kompanie Panzergrenadier Regiment 73. This unit was part of the 19. Panzerdivision and served on the eastern front.

At the beginning of the 1943–1944 winter, the 19. Panzer-Division was withdrawn from the front and relocated west of Kiev to take part in the Christmas Offensive near Brussiloff/Broussilov.

The 19. Panzer-Division suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw into the Jitomir region.

The division was then deployed in the Shepetovka area and, together with the 1. Panzer-Armee, was drawn into the Kamenets-Podolsk Pocket in March 1944.

At the end of May 1944, the 19. Panzer-Division was transferred to Denmark to be rebuilt.

Helmut Niemann was then granted four weeks’ leave in Western Europe. He spent a few days in Paris before taking a sightseeing trip to Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy. When the Allied landings began on 6 June 1944, he was recalled to Paris and was then ordered to report to the training camp at Arys-Rostken/Orzysz in East Prussia in mid-July 1944.

His Panzergrenadier Schirmmütze was lost together with his personal belongings just outside Paris when the transport convoy was strafed. (Train or bus; no further information is available.)

From there, Helmut Niemann and the 19. Panzer-Division marched towards the Grodno–Białystok region before being deployed on the Russian bridgehead at Wark, 50 km south of Warsaw and 43 km north of Radom.

Heer officer M43 field cap with factory sewn T-eagle. The cap is a textbook late war officer field cap with silver piping along the top. The T-shaped EM/NCO eagle is factory applied and typical for this type of cap with the canvas visor lining. The interior and the visor lining are both made of the same material. The cap is size marked 55 or 56. Nice untouched cap!

Nice Heer EM / NCO overseas cap in good condition. This example is made from recycled Dutch course wool. the cap features post war stamps from the Statni film company. The cap is in overall good, used condition. Nice example!

Excellent custom painted display mannequin head of the Hindsgaul brand, handpainted by the Dutch artist handpainted mannequins. The head has very nice painted eyes which are really lifelike and are a perfect part to build a custom pose mannequin or display headgear. These heads are approximately size 56/57.

Very nice and typical late war manufactured Heer overseas cap in good, used condition. The cap is a nice size 56 and dated 1943, sadly the manufacturers marking is tot clearly readable. The cap is manufactured out of multiple parts of different recycled wool and the liner is made out of multiple shades. The cap retains its originally factory applied insignia. Very nice late war example!

Rare Heer Feldgendarmerie officer visor by Luxus in used condition. The visor is a typical example with true orange piping indicating Feldgendarmerie. At some point its insignia was upgraded from bullion to metal. Very hard to find visor!

Minty Heer EM/NCO Artillerie visor cap marked Schellenberg Sonderklasse. The cap is a excellent example produced in fine gaberdine material. The cap would be a prime piece to any cloth headgear collection!

Nice original officers visor cap chinstrap in good condition. Textbook example!

Rare Kriegsmarine fur hat in good condition. The inside is marked with an ink stamp which indicates that the hat is a size 56. Excellent example!

Excellent Heer Infanterie crusher marked Erel Extra Sonderklasse. A typical crusher cap with buckram backing under the dark green side of the cap. The cap retains its original lining and sweatband but in my opinion, at some point the insignia was reapplied. The cap is a good medium size for most modern militaria mannequins. Beautiful example really!

Uncommon Italian Fascist youth movement Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL) in good used condition. – priced to sell!

Rare knit winter hood. Issued together with the typical ringed knit gloves. These hoods are the typical winter hoods which were issued later in the war, most probably together with the Italian roll neck sweaters which feature the exact same knit weave pattern. These can be seen on a number of iconic ardennes offensive photographs. One of the rarest winter garment pieces to find which can really finish a mannequin!

Luftwaffe EM/NCO overseas cap named Rudolf Visser in good condition. The cap retains its typically factory handsewn insignia. A very nice example with a Dutch name!