Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction Reverse bearing “Travail et Progres-

Reverse bearing “Travail et Progres- Arbeid En Vooruitgang” (translation: work and progress in French and Dutch)

two without their loops

the crossguard features a sunwheel swastika engraved at the centre with extensions on either side in the form of stylistic down-swept wings

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Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction Reverse bearing “Travail et Progres-(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaue Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark navy blue wool, the rim reinforced with a layer of black rayon, the interior encompassed by a blue rayon liner with the crown bearing a partially legible makers mark of AUG. GEIGER for a noted manufacturer of Kriegsmarine headgear, along with a white label bearing a machine embroidered red owners surname of BAUER, measuring 27 cm in diameter when folded on a flat surface, in