Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern Hold to Staff Captain on October

to Staff Captain on October 16

From Staden we were taken to Roulers and then across Germany to Bischofswerda

light contact on the raised rim

serving as Hitler’s private chancellery

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern Hold to Staff Captain on October(Heer Tropenhelm). A very well preserved first pattern Heer tropical pith helmet, constructed of a pressed cork shell fully lined on the exterior with a khaki tan canvas liner. It features a central canister topped on the crown by a ventilation shaft hidden by a dome lined in an identical canvas. The canister is flanked on each side by aluminum shield insignia. Each measuring 38 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), the right side features a red, white (finished in