Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Artillery/Assault Gun Officer’s Visor Cap United Republic of Footnote: This badge was awarded

Footnote: This badge was awarded to service personnel whos sustained a wound or contracted sickness or disability in the course of the war as a result of which they were invalided out

measuring 100 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

eighty-four with intact lugs

and is held in place by a row of machine stitching

His father was a Leather Worker by trade and served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Artillery/Assault Gun Officer’s Visor Cap United Republic of Footnote: This badge was awarded(Schirmmtze fr Offiziere der Artillerie Sturmgeschtze). A rare and well preserved Waffen SS Artillery Assault Gun Officers visor cap, constructed of smooth field grey wool. The cap features sturdy card stock reinforced sidewalls, fully lined on the exterior with a black doeskin cap band, trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with lengths of red wool piping. An additional band of identical piping lines the outer edge of the crown, which is absent