Luftwaffe Officer's Visor Cap (Schirmmütze für Offiziere). Visor caps were a standard item for all armed forces personnel during the Third Reich period. Although enlisted personnel were issued their caps from government supplies they were also permitted to purchase privately tailored caps. This is privately purchased Officer's visor cap, the sweatdiamond is nicely maker marked by the famous 'Erel' Company from Berlin, this is the 'Privat' class, the sweat diamond is also marked with 'Verkaufs-Abteilung der Luftwaffe'. The leather sweatband is matching marked by the compan of 'Erel' from Berlin and faintly dated on the inside. The cap is size 55½ marked. The cap is having the silver piping for officers. The cap is complete with its original hand-embroidered Luftwaffe officer's type cocarde, nicely hand sewn to the cap. The officer's type hand-embroiderd cap-eagle is a very nice original example and might have been replaced at one point. The cap is showing normal traces of usage. Hard to find original Luftwaffe Officer's Visor Cap in very good condition!