Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Senior Nco’s Visor Cap, By Fritz Weidmann United Republic of maker marked with the logo

maker marked with the logo of Sohni

Italy as his warmest memories but felt that the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo

He achieved the ranks of Gunner (1893) and Chief Gunner (1911)

sometimes moving forty miles to reach the unit

A cloth version of the Iron Cross

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Senior Nco’s Visor Cap, By Fritz Weidmann United Republic of maker marked with the logo(Kriegsmarine Schirmmtze). A very well preserved Kriegsmarine Senior NCOs visor cap, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap features reinforced side walls, with the exterior bearing a woven black cotton twill cap band. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a dark blue wool backer bearing a hand embroidered gold bullion wire Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika. The eagle insignia measures 70 mm (w) x 35 mm