Rare untouched M40 Heer tropical Panzer EM / NCO field cap

Rare Heer tropical Panzer EM / NCO field cap in untouched condition. The cap is  a typical example as made by Robert Lubstein. It retains its factory sewn insignia including the pink soutache indicating Panzer troops. The cap has very heavy wear and sun bleaching. It shows sigs of being stored on a attic for a long time. The cap is a textbook example in all ways. From the sewing to the grommets to the insignia application. The cap has numerous damages which to me, look shrapnel damages. The visor of the cap has a large hole going trough revealing the cardboard lining. This is a very hard to find cap with the most wanted Soutache, factory sewn to the front. Beautiful combat worn example, exactly how you would want it to look!

The cap is published in Afrikakorps 1940-1941 Volume One on page 64 by Daniel Fisher.