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    Posted 8 years ago

    bluemax1914
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    Here is a rare Reichswehr Saxon Infantry Officers cap, private purchase circa 1930 with beautiful hand-embroidered bullion insignia. The cap is in near-mint condition. The cap maker (Paul Zimmer, Bautzen) is from a town in Saxony so the cockade is proper and means it's probably for the 10th, 11th or 12th Infantry Regiment. The body is constructed of the finest quality field gray wool, with a slightly darker green cap band. The interior is lined with high-grade rose gold silk, with a top grain leather sweatband. The silver cord identifying it as of officer rank is the first style, thinner variety and is quite rare in itself. Everything about the cap indicates that it was likely the property of a field-grade officer.

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      So, the swastika was never required on this ? I know the navy avoided the emblem.
    2. bluemax1914 bluemax1914, 8 years ago
      This cap is pre-Nazi--After Hitler was elected Chancellor, he replaced the Weimar cockade (gold, with black eagle and red claws) with the Reichsadler in 1934. You occasionally find these caps with the Nazi insignia. In those cases, the new Reichscockade (sliver red and black) replaced the Weimar cockade, and the eagle an swastika replaced the State cockade.
    3. Alex_C., 6 years ago
      Hi Bluemax, i'm Alex; i'm planning to write a book about the german uniforms (Reichswehr-Wehrmacht). I'm wondering if i can use the pictures of your amazing RW caps to publish on it. Please let me know.

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