Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s M42 Overseas Cap, By Kurtze & Storckmann Auction Archive HMS Aphis (coastal patrols off

HMS Aphis (coastal patrols off North Africa)

and bearing silvered bronze insignia consisting of dual oak leaves and acorns with blackened inscriptions of “WEHRSPORT”

Bales embarked for France from Folkestone the following month on September 15th

On March 1944

the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation

Germany, Heer. An Em/Nco’s M42 Overseas Cap, By Kurtze & Storckmann Auction Archive HMS Aphis (coastal patrols off(Heer Schiffchen). An extremely well preserved Heer EM NCOs M42 overseas cap, constructed of heavy field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels which are secured in place at the front by dual grey magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap. It is also flanked on each side by ventilation holes, both reinforced with zink eyelets. Stitched into the peak of the cap