German Signals Corps Visor Cap
This is a German Heer (Army) visor hat worn by a member of the Signal Corps during World War II (1939-1945). Worn by an officer, the hat has two metal badges attached to the front. The first is a Heer eagle badge. The badge features an eagle with wings spread holding onto a round wreath with a swastika in the middle. This badge is a second model, which had a longer wingspan than the first model. The other badge is a half-wreath with a German cockade in the middle. The cockade is red, the national cockade color for Germany. The wreath is a second model, which is fuller than the first model.1
Visor hats such as this one were often made from wool and were a field-gray or green-gray color. This hat has a green hat band around the middle. Yellow piping goes around the crown and hat band of the hat, indicating the branch of service. In this case, the wearer was a member of the Signal Corps. A false black chinstrap rests on a short black visor at the bottom of the hat. On the inside is a sweat diamond, normally where the manufacturer's information would be found. However, only the sweat diamond and the hat's size 59 remain. The initials R.W. are written to one side of the diamond in ink.
| Germany | World War II |
| Visor Hat | 1935 — 1945 |
| HRV-32-0709 | |
