Flight or Signals , looks like a fine cap to me. Rob
a great score!
The cap itself looks O.K. - the colour of the piping is, however, queer (at least on my screen). In some places it looks greenish and in some other yellowish (which it, as I suppose, should be). Question is, is this a natural discoloration (stemming from the inlay of the piping, which sometimes happened when the cap got wet) or has somebody tried to tint the original piping? If you had it in your hands you could try to check this (best place for this is from the inside at the back where the lining overlaps - if you are careful you can look through the gap there and you can see the original colour of the piping).
For "correct" colours see here:
2 Mint Flight Luftwaffe Schirmützen
Luftwaffe flight (yellow) piped Schirmmütze
You are right, I can also see it now on my phone's screen. Maybe period attempt of transfer to air traffic control?
Hi,
What should it be? Berlin police cap (postwar?) with coloured piping?
I 've done it myself.
I don't know for what purpose/when that was done. I think the cap is period - post war Berlin police caps didn't have the mohair LW-centerband weave. Perhaps one of the LW specialists has an idea.
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