Reichsmarine/Kriegsmarine Navy Cap

Updated August 7, 2026

Lot number1004468
AuctionThe Bagale Collection, Session III - Wartime Militaria
DateAugust 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM MDT
Auction house345 Auction
LocationPueblo West, Colorado

This pre-WWII German Navy (Reichsmarine / early Kriegsmarine) enlisted sailor's cap (Tellermütze) features a dark navy blue wool top over a black woven cap tally (Mützenband) woven in metallic gold gilt thread reading KREUZER BERLIN. The interior is lined in dark blue cotton twill, retaining a partially visible maker/quality stamp that reads "Diese Marke bürgt für Qualität" (This brand guarantees quality). The cap is in heavily worn, poor-to-fair vintage condition; the interior leather sweatband is detached, fragile, and torn, the interior fabric exhibits heavy water/sweat staining, and the exterior blue wool crown shows multiple moth holes, surface wear, and a small puncture hole near the front peak where the cockade was previously mounted. PM

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