Kriegsmarine White tropical cap with insignia

[John R]

The cap looks OK, any idea what the multibar insignia might stand for. I do not have my references with me right now. John

[Gordon Craig]

John R.

I did not find this insignia listed in my copy of "Embleme Wappen Malings - deutsche U-Boote 1939-1945". Possibly for a surface ship?

Very interesting cap.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Williamson]

Haven't seen this particular badge before, but sadly Högel's excellent book is nowhere near complete. Jak Mallmann Showell told me the U-Boat Archive has any number of albums donated by former U-Boat men which show many crew badges being worn which are not covered in the book.

The limited manpower resources of the Archive ( which is run by volunteers only) means that all these badges are unlikely to be catalogued any time soon.