Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with slight loss of finish

with slight loss of finish to the insignia

entered Wehrmacht service in 1940

Footnote: Friedrich (Fritz) Hofacker was born on 29 November 1929 in Wüstenau

taking the name from Queen Victoria who was the Empress of India

contact marks on the CFD

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Officer’s Upgraded Overseas Field Cap consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with slight loss of finish(Luftwaffe Schiffchen fr Offiziere). A well preserved Luftwaffe Officers overseas field cap, constructed of dark grey wool with a subtle whipcord weave. It is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which are trimmed along the edge with professionally applied silver aluminum wire piping, indicating a post issue promotion to Officer. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey