Germany, Heer. An Infantry Officer’s M38 Overseas Cap Hold silver palm with the cypher

silver palm with the cypher of Albert I affixed to the gallantry ribbon)

79 mm x 43

Satisfactorily fitted with artificial eye

red wool Waffenfarbe backing

1915 with the 35th Battalion in Toronto

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Officer’s M38 Overseas Cap Hold silver palm with the cypher(Heer Schiffchen fr Offiziere). Constructed of field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, secured in place at the front by machine stitching. A band of silver aluminum wire piping fully surrounds the crown, as well as the front of the panels, indicating Officer issue. Each side features a ventilation hole reinforced with a grey painted zink eyelet. The peak bears an insignia in the form of a field grey rayon backer overlaid