M43 Luftwaffe Cap Mans 2 Button by EREL

M43 Luftwaffe field cap.

In 1943 the Luftwaffe side cap was replaced by the Einheitsfliegermutze (general issue flyers cap) and was general issue to all Luftwaffe personal including the paratroopers. This is the mans version (the officers version has silver aluminium lace around the top).

The M43 field cap proved a very popular design as it was a great improvement over the side cap. The M43 cap featured a peak which gave protection from the sun or the rain and the sides could be folded down and fastened under the chin to keep warm.

This high quality reproduction wool Luftwaffe M43 field cap is made in Germany to the original design and includes the insignia.

The M43 cap was made in two styles, the difference being how many buttons fastened up at the front, this kept the fold down flaps in place when they where not required. This model of M43 cap is the more popular version which has two buttons on the front. 

The most popular badge worn on the two button cap is this one piece badge which has the national Luftwaffe eagle and swastika above the cockade embroidered onto a single piece of cloth it has then been professionally machine sewn onto the cap with the correct style of stitching.

Price is for one Luftwaffe M43 field cap with quality insignia sewn on so it is ready to wear.

Features:

• Quality blue wool.
• Fold down ear flaps.
• Two aluminium buttons with a pebble finish on the front to hold up the ear flaps.
• Quality 1 piece Luftwaffe badge correctly sewn on the front.
• Inside is fully lined.
• Stamped on the inside with ERELs brand "Robert Lubstein Berlin NO 55 1943".

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.