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LOT 2135
Imperial German Naval Visor Cap
1914-1918 A.D.
10 5/8 in. (230 grams, 27 cm).
Wool cap with wide cap-band, wreath and cockade with Imperial crown at the front, leather sweatband, chin strap with gold anchor buttons. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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