Germany, Heer. An M40 Em/Nco’s Tropical Field Cap Hold 300 airmen who lost their

300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria

settling in Melbourne

with the gilding and silver wash on the badge well preserved

inscribed in black ink with the "Eugen Schmidhäussler

as well as a bright stamp of the letter “J” (dated 28

Germany, Heer. An M40 Em/Nco’s Tropical Field Cap Hold 300 airmen who lost their(Heer Afrikamtze). A very well preserved Heer EM NCOs tropical field cap, constructed of khaki coloured cotton twill. The cap is fully surrounded by a decorative side panel, held in place by a row of machine stitching. It is flanked on each side by dual ventilation holes, reinforced with zink eyelets. Stitched into the peak is an insignia in the form of a silver grey machine embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set on a