uniform Luftwaffe medical Lieutenant Hat and coat

[bluesteel]

Im Pete, i thought someone might be interested to see my Luftwaffe medical Lieutenants cap and leather Greatcoat.

[Paul R]

Very nice.  Can you please show us some close ups of the board?  Also, is there blue piping in the cap?  I love the obscure LW stuff!

[bluesteel]

Hi Paul, Thanks for your comment. I believe its a very rare cap. Let me know what you think.

[bluesteel]

Here are the shoulder boards, they're all from the same set. 

[bluesteel]

[15THPACAV]

Cap is actually for an officer candidate, as all Luftwaffe officers had silver piping on their dress caps, save generals, who had all gold insignia & piping.

It was common for nco officer candidates to upgrade their arm of service caps, here blue for medical, with officer's bullion badges and silver chincord & side buttons.

These officer candidate caps do seem to be quite scarce; I cannot recall seeing one for sale in many years.

 

[bluesteel]

Thanks for your comment. I believe this set came from the same man and this set was a local vet bring back. Would i be right in thinking that the blue piping on the cap and the officer/ Lieutenant shoulder boards would give the rank of senior officer candidate? maybe a Doctor or a surgeon? 

[15THPACAV]

On 11/11/2016 at 13:03, bluesteel said:

Thanks for your comment. I believe this set came from the same man and this set was a local vet bring back. Would i be right in thinking that the blue piping on the cap and the officer/ Lieutenant shoulder boards would give the rank of senior officer candidate? maybe a Doctor or a surgeon? 

Blue piping is the arm of service color for the Luftwaffe Medical branch; no direct correlation to officer candidate rank insignia.

The shoulder boards are for rank of leutnant; perhaps the owner wore his branch piped cap for some time after being commissioned. Officially, he should have an all silver piped cap.

Very nice cap; LW officer candidate caps are quite scarce, especially with the bullion insignia.

[bluesteel]

Thanks for all your positive comments guys. They make complete sense and its great for me to hear your opinions. 

 I feel the iconic greatcoat is sometimes rather unappreciated and although its not got a maker tag in it, it is made very well and is of fine quality. I used some warm water and saddle soap on it  recently and its come up very well, the leather has become more supple and its kept its distinctive blue/ grey colour. I was interested to find out that the left cuff only is made to act as a pocket for letters and papers. For convenience you could place them in the cuff with your right hand.

 Thanks again for your comments.

[Paul R]

15thPACAV has it 100%. Nothing for me to add really.  Officer candidate caps are pretty rare.  It is a beauty.  

[Stuka f]

Love that type of cap's.

Learned a lot here. Thanks for showing.

[Bob Lyons]

Here are a couple of Luftwaffe Medical piped OR/NCO visor caps, blue top and white top versions to add to this thread....

[Hans Kristian]

On 26/01/2018 at 00:09, Bob Lyons said:

Here are a couple of Luftwaffe Medical piped OR/NCO visor caps, blue top and white top versions to add to this thread....

Bob, those are just fantastic caps, especially the white top...!!

Thanks for showing.

[Paul R]

Those are awesome.  I would love to have some visor caps for my collection, but I move around so much that they will inevitably be crushed... :-(   The blue-gray visor is beautiful.