Original German WWII Service Used Kriegsmarine DAK Coastal Artillery M41 Officer's Field Cap - Küstenartillerie Ammunition where it replaced the very

where it replaced the very heavy curved 1827 pattern tesak falchion

The serial number is 339358B denoting the year of manufacture as 1890

and most of those found today will have much of the paint missing

The German "Stahlhelm" Helmet

Below the unit marking

Original German WWII Service Used Kriegsmarine DAK Coastal Artillery M41 Officer's Field Cap - Küstenartillerie Ammunition where it replaced the veryOriginal Item: Only One Available. In late 1940, with the impending German entrance into the North African campaign, tropical uniforms headgear and equipment were quickly developed and issued in time for DAK, Deutsches Afrika Korps, (German Africa Corps), personnel's arrival in Tripoli in February 1941. The M41 tropical field cap was introduced in early 1941 and design of the cap was loosely based on the Mountain Troopers, Bergmtze with minor