Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed on a white blotter paper

on a white blotter paper stock

Eric Valentine in 1968

4) A Bavarian Long Service Medal

Footnote: Harry Gladstone McNeill was born in Victoria

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor Newly Listed on a white blotter paper(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