Original WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Junior Officer Visor Cap Price_$-030 - $50 M43 caps were first used

M43 caps were first used by mountain troops but deemed so efficient they were then adopted for general Wehrmacht issue

Aircraft assignments

The Luftschutz decal is clean and 97% complete with only a couple very minor scuffs

and after extensive tests of durability

Original WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Junior Officer Visor Cap Price_$-030 - $50 M43 caps were first usedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition Japanese Naval Officer's Visor hat. It has a body of dark blue wool without a separate cap band. Center of cap features a cast metal Japanese Naval Anchor insignia surrounded by Laurel leaves and a "Cherry Blossom" above the anchor, so this is for a front line officer, and not a reserve officer, who would have a "nautical star" instead. The lower trade of appointments indicates this was