Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 As part of my interest in U-Boat stuff, I decided to try and get examples of all the normal cloth headgear worn by a typical U-Boat crew, based on photographic evidence. This in fact covers a wide range including the tropical helmet ( which I haven't got yet) bizarre though it seems to think of people clambering through narrow U-Boat hatches with big sun helmets !We have Michel as a member, and he has what I guess is one of the finestU-Boat collections in existence, so if we are lucky we may see some of his too.Here are a few of mine.Officers Bordm?tze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Matrosenm?tze-. This one has the cap ribbon "U=Bootsbegleitschiff Saar" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Junior Officer grade visor cap. I decided to restrict myself to caps up to the grade of Kapit?nleutnant, as there were relatively few U-Boat commanders over this rank, "Kaleu" being the predominant rank for the U-Boat commander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 GordonIs that a Silver NSRL sports badge attached to the cap band ?Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Nick,Its Bronze. It was used as a "tradition" badge by U-274. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Thats interesting !Any idea why they adopted that badge ?Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Fraid not. Its listed as their badge, but not the reason why. Probably just liked the design, there may not be anything more to it than that.Here the NCO Visor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 And what the "inside" should look like on a cap with removable vs fixed top. Should always be a white "cheesecloth" type covering to the crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 And what the "inside" should look like on a cap with removable vs fixed top. Should always be a white "chessecloth" type covering to the crown.←Whats the purpose of the removable top Gordon? For cleaning perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Strong Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I think to go from a blue to a white top, but that is just a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 (edited) Correct Laurence. Here's the same cap with white top on Edited April 22, 2005 by Gordon Williamson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 22, 2005 Author Share Posted April 22, 2005 Thanks for posting these Michel. Always a treat to see some of your fabulous KM headgear. Vogler's cap is simply superb !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyA Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) An example from across the pond... Edited April 23, 2005 by RoyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyA Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 U-190 Bordm?tze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyA Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 U-190 Star of Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 White summer cotton Bordm?tze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langemark Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 This in fact covers a wide range including the tropical helmet ( which I haven't got yet) bizarre though it seems to think of people clambering through narrow U-Boat hatches with big sun helmets !←Hello All,This is my first contribution to this new Forum.KM tropical helmet.Best,Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langemark Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 I agree, lovely example. It's one piece of KM headgear I haven't found yet !.Strange to think that such a large, cumbersome piece of headgear would be used on U-Boats, but it most certainly was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byf Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Incredible. Great stuff. Thanks for showing them.byf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robbs Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Fantastic pieces of headgear guys .I only have one KM cap it might have been used on a U boat ,came from Bizerta via a US vet .Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robbs Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 The Vet .Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Williamson Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 Very nice Rob. Great to have a piece with supporting provenance like that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-SPAIN Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 I found this one some years ago with the box, one blue top and two different white tops. On the leather sweatband is still the cardboard size label.Best.Eduardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Robbs Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 May be a picture of the inside ?←But of course ,here you are .Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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