Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern, by B.K. Archive constructed of a card stock

constructed of a card stock binding with 480 paginated interior pages

Slovak Cross in the center of red enamel on obverse

including some holes consistent with the removal of the cap’s former Feuerschutzpolizei insignia

the obverse with a central red

the first Prince of Orange

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern, by B.K. Archive constructed of a card stock(Heer Tropenhelm, 1. Form). A first pattern Heer tropical pith helmet, constructed of pressed cork shell with a multi piece khaki tan cotton twill exterior liner. It features a central canister topped on the crown by a ventilation shaft hidden by a dome lined in identical cotton twill. The left side of the canister is pinned with an aluminum insignia consisting of a black shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle, measuring 35 mm (w) x