Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Buy Now AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE”

AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE” (“IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE SUCCESSFUL FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS ON THE 24TH OF AUGUST 1864 AT OUR RESIDENCE IN ALTENBURG”)

1918 and research papers from the Canadian Great War Project website

32 mm (w) x 60

on neck string)

Germany, Rad. A National Labour Service Leader’s M43 Style Field Cap, By August Schaltenberg Buy Now AUGUST 1864 ERFOLGREICH GELEISTETEN FEUERWEHRDIENSTE”(Reichsarbeitsdienst Leiter M43 Feldmtze). Constructed of brown wool with fold down scalloped side panels, secured at the front by a single pebbled silver magnetic button. The cap features thick silver aluminum bullion piping along the crown in a thatched design. At the front of the cap is a metal RAD insignia, consisting of a white pointed spade with red bordering, and a back swastika in the center, with outward facing wheat stalks at a 45 degree