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Reichswehr Caps 1919 -1934

Hi

Alongside a "post your Imperial caps" thread a suggestion has been made about starting a thread for Weimar period caps of the Reichswehr.

I’m a big fan of these and they are by their nature the for-runners of the TR uniform cap.

They very nicely bridge the gap between the Imperial army and its traditions and the re-invention of the German army via the 1934/35 expansion that created the wehrmacht.

Anyway please feel free to post your weimar period caps. I for one would love to see them ! (here’s the first one for you stoney!)

The Provisional Reichswehr 1919/20: this transitional phase saw the use of imperial uniforms and the adoption of a new type of insignia.

The cap is a 1907 field grey infantry NCO cap. It has the national cockade on the central cap band surrounded by a silver metal wreath. The state cockade is central on the crown.

This type of insignia was short lived and was replaced by anew one in late 1919.

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In 1920 a new cap was adopted by the Reichswehr. Here is an example of the new style piped in the new white colour adopted for infantry and bearing the new insignia of the republic the reichsadler, in a golden oval badge.

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cheers

tony

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Need help! Named BDM Kletterjacke

I’ve had this Kletterjacke for a while, but I was recently looking through it and inside the lower right pocket is sewn the name "Margret Ehlers" The jacket is a very small size, so who ever wore it must have been quite young. Which means the chances of her still being alive are much higher cool militaria

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me research the name! I’ve never done it before.

All insignia is period applied. Incase you can’t read the district triangle, it’s
"Nord Niedersachsen"

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