German World War II hat idenitification

**fruitopal** · 04-13-2021, 08:10 AM

The full number inside is:-

Q/B52F/50143/31222 X/75 8405-12-151-7589
Pionier Kaufmann

My late dad brought this home after serving in the ammunition corps.

Thankyou

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 04-13-2021 08:10 AM

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**JPhilip** · 04-13-2021, 09:09 AM

Hello,
This visor is not from WWII, it's Bundeswehr....
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**reneblacky** · 04-13-2021, 09:11 AM

I'm not sharp on West German kit but it appears to be 1975 made.

**ErWeSa** · 04-13-2021, 07:34 PM

As stated above, a BRD-Bundeswehr Pionier-cap from X (October) 1975. Nice shape. What makes you think this could be WW II?

See here for more BW-caps: Bundeswehr peaked caps.

**stonemint** · 04-13-2021, 09:19 PM

Moved to the appropriate forum.

**MAP** · 04-14-2021, 04:23 AM

Here is a nice thread showing different examples

Bundeswehr caps, cap badges and other collectables

**fruitopal** · 04-14-2021, 07:50 AM

My dad brought it home with him at the end of the war

**reneblacky** · 04-14-2021, 07:52 AM

End of the cold war?

**fruitopal** · 04-14-2021, 08:02 AM

My dad drove the ammunition lorries in the second world war. I always understood (from mam who is still with us) that he brought this home with him. However, if it is a 1975 model I can't for the life of me work out how he got it. Never travelled abroad again other than coach trips with my mam and she would have known if he'd got in Germany or elsewhere. He was there when Belsen was liberated and I wondered if he had picked it up there. Shall have a discussion with mam and see what she says. The plot thickens !

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