Kriegsmarine U-Boat Headgear

[KM-SPAIN]

The insade.

[KM-SPAIN]

The size label.

Edited August 28, 2005 by KM-SPAIN

[KM-SPAIN]

Clomplete, with the box and the tops.

[KM-SPAIN]

Very rare prewar white cap for interor dities. Very hard to find now.

Regards.

Eduardo.

[Gordon Williamson]

Lovely cap ribbon also

[gdlasalle]

Kapit?nleutnant Helmut Vogler's cap.

He was IWO U567 (Kdt Engelbert Endrass) and U-212 Kommandant.

Lost the 21 july 1944 in the English Channel, Sud of Brigthon.

I wonder why Vogler wasn't wearing his hat when his boat went down.

[Gordon Williamson]

I wonder why Vogler wasn't wearing his hat when his boat went down.

Very few officers ( and very few senior NCOs) had only one cap.

[gdlasalle]

Thanks for the reply Gordon. I guess my dream of finding Gunther Prien's "backup" cap is alive and well. I'd like to respond to Darrell's quiery about removable tops. While Gordon is right about switching blue for white tops, Darrell also had it right that the white tops were removed for washing...hense the metal, removable, eagle. Sometimes a tag with the owners name was sewn on the inside of the top to match it to the body after cleaning. I have also seen white tops with the sewn eagle worn by U-Boat commanders.

[KM-SPAIN]

Thanks for the reply Gordon. I guess my dream of finding Gunther Prien's "backup" cap is alive and well.

About 10 years ago Malcom Fisher (Regimentals) sold a blue cap with the medals (including the u-boat badge with diamonds) and some other things from Gunther Prien to a South African collector, so at least one of them is alive and well.

[smiler]

Hiya,

Here is my one and only Bordm?tze, you can see the wear and 2 pin holes where the original cap emblem was placed. I now have the comet emblem from U-969 in its place.

cheers smiler.

[SICHERHEITSDIENTS]

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[guntherprien]

hello

and this cap i dont see in yours colecktion

is very rare

best regards

gp

[nesredep]

Hello!

Wow, amazing headgear.Thanks for sharing this rear item.

All the best

Nesredep

[Gordon Williamson]

Super cap Michel. I like these examples with the soft leather peak !

[nesredep]

Five years after having missed the 'Black Cat 3X' at the Detlev Niemann's update, I finally have it...

Hello!

Michel

Wow very nice.What more could i say.

All the best

Nesredep

[nesredep]

Tellerm?tze belonged to Wolfgang Danzer. Danzer was MechMt on U-170, his well worn tellerm?tze is a privater purchase with a non removable blue top.

Hello!

Michel

Amazing addition.

All the best

Nesredep

[bob wirtz]

Here are my limited collection of Kriegsmarine headgear:

[bob wirtz]

This is the emblem for U-391. She made one patrol, didn't score any successes and was sunk with all hands on her way home in the Bay of Biscay in 1943.

[bob wirtz]

Here is a standard (German-made) enlisted overseas cap in excellent condition.

[bob wirtz]

Here's a close up of the insignia on the front.

[bob wirtz]

Here is the RARE bird... a Kriegsmarine enlisted M1943 field cap. This is the one pictured in the 3-volume set of books on the Kriegsmarine. Apparently it came out of Bob Alexander's collection at some point.

[bob wirtz]

Here is another view of the insignia on the front of the cap. You can also see the anchor-marked buttons.

[bob wirtz]

Here is my Schloffelmutze (Donald Duck Cap) with "Marinenachrichtenschule" (Navy Signal School) cap band

[bob wirtz]

Finally my Kriegsmarine Officer Service Cap (for mid-grade officers).

[all1knew]

Here is the RARE bird... a Kriegsmarine enlisted M1943 field cap. This is the one pictured in the 3-volume set of books on the Kriegsmarine. Apparently it came out of Bob Alexander's collection at some point.

That is a rare cap! I have never even seen an authentic one in a collection before!

William Kramer