Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction 1944 in Winnipeg

1944 in Winnipeg

where he was diagnosed with a "compound fracture" in his right arm

1 General Hospital on February 3

Alberta when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 194th Infantry Battalion "Edmonton Highlanders"

the crossguard features a sunwheel swastika engraved at the centre with extensions on either side in the form of stylistic down-swept wings

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction 1944 in Winnipeg(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaue Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark navy blue wool, the rim reinforced with a layer of black rayon, the interior encompassed by a blue rayon liner with the crown bearing a partially legible makers mark of AUG. GEIGER for a noted manufacturer of Kriegsmarine headgear, along with a white label bearing a machine embroidered red owners surname of BAUER, measuring 27 cm in diameter when folded on a flat surface, in