Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Summer Cap Cover, by August Schellenberg consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 16 mm x 35

16 mm x 35

Fabricated in Luftwaffe blue gray Fliegerblau (Flier's Blue) wool

named to Lorenz as a Hauptwachtmeister of 3

and disassembly reveals that the shield’s original four attachment prongs have been lost (with the original placements visible) and replaced with examples able to accommodate a mis-matched but period three-pronged backplate

Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Summer Cap Cover, by August Schellenberg consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 16 mm x 35(Luftwaffe weie Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of white cotton twill, the peak pinned with an aluminum insignia in the form of a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 42 mm (h) and retaining both attachment prongs, with a metal snap button situated directly below the eagle to lock onto an accompanying cap, the rim reinforced with a layer of white rayon, the interior encompassed by a white rayon liner and