JS3 Beautiful Erel made Luftwaffe General officer ranks visored cap

Ful imageBeautiful Erel made Luftwaffe General officer ranks visored cap, classic late war Erel cap having the embossed logo to the brown colored leather sweatband at the position of the wearer's left temple, the Erel Sonderklasse Extra logo is applied (but difficult to capture in the photos) to the intact celluloid sweat diamond, the lining material is a pale green colored rayon, the cap band reverse is treated black pasteboard, having a crack free composite visor with black glossy finish, the cap body itself is made of fine deep blue grey colored wool having a soft texture, crown with gilt celleon piping and the black mohair cap band is edged with the same bright celleon cord, the non metallic gilt chincord is held with two small gold finished pebbled buttons sewn into place, the finely detailed hand embroidered Luftwaffe General rank national emblem is rendered in colleen cords onto a blue grey wool backing and is hand stitched to the cap's front through the lining with white cotton thread, the nicely matching hand embroidered wreath is embroidered onto a black wool field, the national colors rosette is embroidered in wire threads with a red felt center and the wires show some (untreated) oxidation, the wreath is stitched to the cap band using the same cotton thread, large size estimated at 59 or 60, cap has a high peak has a plush appearance and is very impressive in person, the cap was worn in service and there is wear to the sweatband and some residue from soil or hair oil to the sweat diamond, there are no hole or repairs, lovely cap, USD $12,000