An Very Early & Extremely Rare Em/Nco's Black Panzer Beret (Schutzmütze) Auction Archive Extremely fine condition

Extremely fine condition

Alice O'Donohoe of Edmonton

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Mercer was wounded on September 12th

An Very Early & Extremely Rare Em/Nco's Black Panzer Beret (Schutzmütze) Auction Archive Extremely fine conditionThis beret consists of two pieces: a crash helmet, which served to protect the heads of the panzer crew from injuries sustained when the vehicle was motoring over rough terrain, and a cover. The crash helmet is round shaped, constructed with approximately 50 mm wide, reinforced, heavily padded band; the exterior and rolls covered in machine spun black wool. The indentation between the two rolls acts as a receiver for the elastic band on the covering