Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak/Artillery Em/Nco’s Visor Cap Auction the scabbard measuring 748 mm

the scabbard measuring 748 mm in length

At the behest of American newspaper publisher Willaim Randolph Hearst

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One line reads “schwarzer Walfisch” (“black whale”)

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Flak/Artillery Em/Nco’s Visor Cap Auction the scabbard measuring 748 mm(Luftwaffe Schirmmtze fr Mnner der Flak Artillerie). A very well preserved Luftwaffe Flak Artillerie EM NCOs visor cap, constructed of dark grey wool. It features reinforced side walls, fully lined on the exterior with a woven black mohair cap band. The former is trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with red wool piping, with an additional band of identical piping fully surrounding the crown. Pinned onto the peak of the cap is an aluminum