Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor GTRexclude the reverse with a monogram

the reverse with a monogram of Ernst I

4 grams extremely fine

engraved "FRANCIS McCLELLAN" on the reverse

1898 in St

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor GTRexclude the reverse with a monogram(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently scallop toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm