Original WWII German Army (Heer) EM/NCO’S M43 TRAPEZOID CAP INSIGNIA. (Mützen Abzeichen) Certified

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Original WWII German Army (Heer) EM/NCO’S M43 TRAPEZOID CAP INSIGNIA. (Mützen Abzeichen) Certified. Generally the national eagle for wear on the EM/NCO’s overseas and M43 field caps were machine woven, first in white on a dark green base, (circa 1934), then later in matte grey on a field-grey base, (circa 1939), while Officer’s versions were embroidered in bright, silver/aluminum wire threads. A machine woven version in bright, silver/aluminum flat-wire threads was also utilized by Officer’s but was also very popular with senior NCO’s. Originally the Weimar, Reichswehr era, oval black, red and gold national cockade was utilized until it was replaced with a circular national cockade in black, white, and red on March 14TH 1933 and utilized through-out the Third Reich period on all soft caps with minor manufacturing variations. In May 1943 a new configuration of cap insignia with the national eagle and tri-color cockade on a single trapezoidal base was introduced for wear on the M42 overseas and M43 field caps. Originally produced in a machine woven version in 1944 the trapezoidal insignia also began to be produced in machine embroidered version. Machine woven, national eagle with outstretched wings, clutching a wreathed, canted swastika in it’s talons in matte grey, rayon threads, positioned above a national tri-color cockade with a black outer circle encompassing a white inner circle and a red center dot, on a woven, field-grey rayon trapezoidal base. The insignia is from its , woven, field-grey, rayon factory roll and is in overall excellent, condition.  Brought back by a U.S. Solider. Good   condition with some wear and storage age   and expected issues.    100% Guaranteed to be authentic Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of   History.   Please see our   other items.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. Do Not Miss This One!