Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An EM/NCO’s M43 Field Cap GTRexclude Commander and the Grand Cross

Commander and the Grand Cross with Star

including a poster

December 1944 to January 1945

only to be replaced a few months later by the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic

bearing a maker’s mark of “ROMAN PALME

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. An EM/NCO’s M43 Field Cap GTRexclude Commander and the Grand Cross(Ordnungspolizei Einheitsfeldmtze M43 fr Mannschaften und Unteroffiziere). A well preserved Ordnungspolizei EM NCOs M43 field cap, constructed of coarse field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, scalloped toward the front, which provide optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the panels roll up and are secured in place at the front with two pebbled magnetic metal buttons which emanate from the