Evolution of the army field cap......1871 to 1945.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 08:40 PM

I wonder if anyone in the Bw of the FRG had something similar?

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 11-05-2011 08:40 PM

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**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 08:41 PM

by Datrus

What happened to the visor on the bottom right photo?

Some creature or creatures got to it....not one of mine, thank God, though I have nightmares about such things. The cap was found in North America and sold in the UK to a noted dealer.
These things are mortal, as are we.....

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 08:47 PM

This cap is much more interesting than much of what one sees on the hum drum militaria site, you know.

**BenVK** · 11-05-2011, 10:09 PM

It is indeed FB, very early Bundeswehr! Roland Muetze?

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 10:12 PM

by BenVK

It is indeed FB, very early Bundeswehr! Roland Muetze?

The cap I added here is from East Germany, the NVA established in 1956 with the field grey uniform. The Bw did not wear a cap of this kind.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 10:12 PM

I have included early Bw uniforms elsewhere.

**BenVK** · 11-05-2011, 10:16 PM

Of course, the lack of lower piping which I didn't notice.

You're right, exceptionally rare cap. I've never seen one before without NVA on the shield.

**Friedrich-Berthold** · 11-05-2011, 10:19 PM

by BenVK

Of course, the lack of lower piping which I didn't notice.

You're right, exceptionally rare cap. I've never seen one before without NVA on the shield.

I was just in Dresden at the new military museum and saw nothing like this field cap. It is a very attractive and subtle piece. They have a lot of NVA material on display, as the Dresden site was the military museum of the GDR in former times, to include a lot of Reichswehr material as well.

These early NVA caps are highly collectible and interesting in their own right and have somewhat more interest than this over done SS stuff, which is coming from a very overdone and foetid SS collector.....

**BenVK** · 11-05-2011, 10:28 PM

I couldn't agree more. I patrol ebay.de quite often and there is usualy one or two NVA and Bundeswehr hats of the earlier period that make for interesting study and should be more collectable than they currently are.

Never, ever seen an NVA cap with a maker marked shield before now though.