Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare Female Auxiliary’s Board Cap GTRexclude A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion

A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion of Infantry Cap Badge  -Brass

Footnote: The development of poisonous gasses used as offensive weapons in the First World War necessitated the development of defensive gas masks and accessories

22 mm x 43

Kramer was employed with the telephone and communications firm of Lehner & Co

For a few weeks in September 1944 he was in a reserve Artillery Battalion

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare Female Auxiliary’s Board Cap GTRexclude A Victorian 57th Peterborough Battalion(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Nachrichtenhelferinnen). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine female auxiliarys board cap, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. A length of golden yellow wool piping fully trims the top edge of the walls. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow