Mecklenburg-Schwerin Unknown cap

[dante]

Here is an old cap, it has what appears to be a Mecklenburg-Schwerin cockade.....

Named inside "Wilhelm Behrens" any ideas? cheers, Paul

[Chip]

Paul,

It could be some kind of hybrid Bavarian Einheitsmütze, but I would guess it is some postwar veteran's organization or something like that.

Chip

[dante]

Cheers Chip,

Edited August 21, 2013 by dante

[dante]

Here is the label and name......may help?

[Guest Rick Research]

Except for the normal visor, it looks like the slovenly Reichsheer fatigue uniform squashers:

Is the piping actually ORANGE and not red?

Behrens is certainly a Mecklenburg-Schwerin family name-- 90 of them on the WW1 MMV Rolls--and not a blessed one with a first name. There were only 5 over in -Strelitz--all first names no Wilhelm.

Don't know about orange piping... maybe early scraps and left overs Gendarmerie early 1920s?

Edited August 21, 2013 by Rick Research

[Chip]

I think Behrends is a pretty common north German name. Plenty of them in Hannover and Ostfriesland. That paper tag does not look like a wartime label. Most imperial era private purchase caps that had manufacturer marks had them imprinted on the lining or embossed into the sweatband.

Chip

[dante]

Great call Rick.....its orange, so what do we think 1920's Mecklenburg Gendarmerie