GERMAN WWII 23RD PANZER DIVISION SOLDIER’S BERGMUTZE

An M.42 overseas cap, which has been converted, possibly at regimental tailor level, into a Bergmutze for a member of the 23rd Panzer Division. The cap is not size-stamped; it is either 56 or 57, with excellent nap to the cloth, one single air vent, a double-button front with a one-piece Bevo woven grey eagle on a green background with a national cockade , insignia hand-applied; the colouration of the peak is a slightly different shade of field grey-green than the main body of the hat. It has seen considerable wear to the inside and the peak is without doubt original to the cap from its time of conversion; the wear around the lower forehead is spread on the satin lining and on the peak itself, evenly. To the left side of the cap is the oval section of field grey with a hand-embroidered silver-grey, insignia of the 23rd Panzer Division.

Ref; 93756