Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Em/Nco’s Visorless Field Cap certificate_of_authenticity with a smooth-finished black upper

with a smooth-finished black upper and brown underside

cylinder suspension

Footnote: The Order of Franz Joseph was established by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on December 2

measuring 47 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

scattered chipping evident on the bronze finish

Germany, Ordnungspolizei. A Fire Police Em/Nco’s Visorless Field Cap certificate_of_authenticity with a smooth-finished black upper(Feldmtze). A 1937 pattern, constructed of high quality navy blue wool rayon blend, featuring fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front and forward sides, the top presents carmine red wool truppenfarbe piping (denoting fire brigades), the front centre of the cap presents a machine woven second pattern wreathed Polizei style national eagle with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, in white