Luftwaffe M40 Cap Blue Side Cap with Badges by EREL

WW2 Luftwaffe M40 side cap.

The Schiffchen cap was first introduced in 1933 as a Fliegermutze (flyers cap) by the Deutscher Luftsportverband (DLV) which was the predecessor of the Luftwaffe. Although it was originally issued and called a Fleigermutze it was issued to all paratroopers. The Luftwaffe Schiffchen is most often referred to as the M40 field cap, or side cap.

The M40 cap was the popular piece of headgear worn by the Luftwaffe before it was replaced by the M43 cap in 1943. The M40 was worn with the field and service dress uniform and then in 1940 it was also allowed to be worn with the walking out uniform. The design of the Schiffchen allowed the cap to be tucked easily away when a helmet was needed to be worn and it was worn behind the lines and carried into the front lines where it was worn when the helmet was not required.

This blue cap comes complete with the correct insignia sewn on the front which is two badges one is the cockade the other is the national insignia in this case the Luftwaffe eagle and swastika. The insignia on these caps are high quality reproductions and have been professionally and correctly sewn on.

Features:

• Quality blue wool.
• Quality 2  piece Luftwaffe badges correctly sewn on the front.
• Inside is fully lined.

Made by EREL in Germany.

The Robert Lubstein company is better know by its brand EREL. In WW2 the EREL factory was contracted to make hats for the German military and you can still find original war time hats with the EREL mark inside them today. In fact many reference books show original war time hats made by EREL and in these books you can clearly see the EREL brand marks inside them.

Amazingly the EREL company is still making hats in Germany today! so what is better than having a reproduction German hat made by one of the original hat makers in WW2. These EREL caps are made with high quality fabrics just like the war time hats you cant really have any better.

As these hats are made in Germany, under current German laws they are not allowed to sell them with insignia on them. So we have high quality insignia made and we then have a tailor in the UK to expertly sewn the insignia on. 

So with this cap you are getting a high quality hat and high quality badges which are sewn on, so it is ready to wear.