Generally speaking, this covers late-18th to mid-20th century and all disciplines from parade items to combat equipment. Good reference books include: two volumes by Carman on British military headdress; Tom Stubbs's excellent book on Imperial German officers' headdress, published by Schiffer, USA.

Commissioned German Railway personnel wore this on a conflower blue, red-piped cap with a black velvet band. A gilt Reichsadler and winged wheel cockade completed the outfit. The ORs version had a simple black leather strap like the Army.

THIS FAKE IS ON THE WEBSITE AS A WARNING! It is not in my possession. It has a new lining and has possibly been completely resprayed with a fairly good looking facsimile of feldgrau, but the main thing is the decal is a modern one.

This is the summer issue cap of the Hitler Youth, worn on route marches and ordinary service duty. These are rarely seen today, as they are the earliest examples of the HJ, pre-dating the RZM tagged examples of 1935 and later, which had the HJ diamond (missing here) as a device as well as the Party eagle. The red piping indicates standard HJ issue.

THIS FAKE IS ON THE WEBSITE AS A WARNING! It is not in my possession as the client on whose behalf I was selling it returned it to his source. The shell and the party decal are OK, together with the bulk of the paintwork, but the SS decal has been added much later, perhaps only ten years ago, possibly to replace a damaged police decal.

The Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP) were responsible for such duties as the policing of harbours, inland river ways and canals. This slightly scruffy example (several moth holes) of a rare side cap has blue rayon lining, a dark blue cloth body gold bullion piping.

Unusual example, being essentially a Weimar period cap (green band as opposed to brown) with 3rd Reich 1936 pattern insignia. Maker mark Alkero, dot punched into leather sweat band. Vaguely legible name on paper insert. This cap has had extensive field use and shows comensurate wear and tear.

The black ski cap was commonly used by Luftwaffe ground crew. The Hermann Goering Division variant had white piping to the crown. This is a clean example with no interior markings. The cockade fluoresces under UV lamp, so could possibly be a replacement. It is otherwise in excellent condition.