Germany, Third Reich. A Bahnschutz Officer’s Visor Cap, by Leonhard Paulig Hold when the ship was recruited

when the ship was recruited to escort convoy PQ-8 from the United Kingston to Murmansk in northwest Russia

the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Karl I

1914 - Silvered bronze and enamels

identifying codes

The interior is fully encompassed by a padded grey cotton-blended liner

Germany, Third Reich. A Bahnschutz Officer’s Visor Cap, by Leonhard Paulig Hold when the ship was recruited(Bahnschutz Schirmmtze fr Offiziere). A Bahnschutz Officers visor cap, constructed of blue grey wool. It features reinforced side walls which are fully lined on the exterior with a black doeskin band. Both the top and bottom edges of the band are trimmed with silver aluminum wire piping, while an additional length of identical piping surrounds the outer edge of the crown. Pinned onto the peak is an aluminum insignia consisting of a Bahnschutz style