Original German WWII DAK Afrikakorps Transport EM-NCO M38 Overseas Cap by Hans Brandt - dated 1942 German Field Gear His service is perhaps best

His service is perhaps best summarized in his obituary which appears at this link on the 508th veteran website

It deployed for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) on 5 September 1944

Attached to that sweatband is a simply beautiful white silk liner

is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines

with the musket measuring 53 inches in overall length

Original German WWII DAK Afrikakorps Transport EM-NCO M38 Overseas Cap by Hans Brandt - dated 1942 German Field Gear His service is perhaps bestOriginal Item: Only One Available. The second most predominant item of Heer tropical soft headgear was based on the M 34 38 overseas cap, nicknamed in German army slang as Schiffchen, or literally "little ship" as it resembled an up turned row boat. It lacked a peak or visor, and was made in the same cotton as the M 40 'Afrikamtze' cap. The production of these also started in 1940. The schiffchen utilized the same brown enameled stock for the vent