Germany, Heer. An Officer’s M43 Field Cap GTRexclude Brüllau remained with the Stamm

Brüllau remained with the Stamm Kompanie of Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 376

with a lavender cloth backer

38 mm x 93 mm

His Medical Record states that a "gas shell exploded near him when he was coming back wounded from Vimy

Germany, Heer. An Officer’s M43 Field Cap GTRexclude Brüllau remained with the Stamm(Heer Feldmtze fr Offiziere). A very well preserved Heer Officers M43 field cap, constructed of field grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by scalloped fold down side panels offering partial neck and ear protection which, when not in use, are rolled up and secured in place with two pebbled magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap. A band of silver aluminum wire piping fully surrounds