Pre-War Panzer/Panzerjäger M34/35 Schiffchen, 1937

[DerFunker]

Howdy gents! I'd like to share another new schiffchen. Here we have a nice, pre-war pink soutache'd sidecap for a Panzerjägertruppe. Due to the lighting and possibly something to do with my new camera, the soutache looks a bit orange in some of the pics, but is very clearly pink in person. This one features an early (not sure if this would be referred to as "first pattern") adler, and a cockade with a grey background. The vent rivets are of the early brass-type. The soutache material is of a thinner type than seen on most later produced caps. Some light wear and a small field repair to the rear of the cap, date stamped 1937. There's manufacturer information stamped as well, but it's just a bit too faded for me to be able to decipher. Feel free to have a look and tell me what you think.

Edit - Can any generous soul verify what the "K.W." tag is for? I've always been told that tags like this were usually the initials of the owner.

Enjoy!

-DF

[stonemint]

I do not collect these, but it looks good to me.
KW would be the owner's initials.

[DerFunker]

I do not collect these, but it looks good to me.
KW would be the owner's initials.

It is indeed a nice looking cap with lots of character. Thanks for having a look, and also for confirming my assumption about the K.W. tag. I don't recall seeing another panzer soutache'd cap with a date this early, so I thought this one was particularly cool.