Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Board Cap, By Hans Brandt GTRexclude this is SS Panzer collar

this is SS Panzer collar tab for Enlisted or NCO’s

each emblazoned with the Royal coat-of-arms insignia and maker marked "McCLYMONT DEWAR & Co GLASGOW"

the reverse stamped with the mark of a Pforzheim-based studio

Perez-Matos (USN Retired) and Doris Kidder Brown

Germany, Kriegsmarine. An Em/Nco’s Board Cap, By Hans Brandt GTRexclude this is SS Panzer collar(Kriegsmarine Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine EM NCOs board cap, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which slope downward toward the front. The interior is fully encompassed by a slate grey rayon liner which is stamped with a white ink size mark of 57, in turn situated above a Reichsbetriebsnummer (RBNr.) of 0 0265 5044 indicating manufacture by Hans Brandt,