Original German WWII Heer Army Wehrmachthelferin Female Auxiliary Signals M38 Overseas Cap - Size 55 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts - Overseas Garrison Cap with

- Overseas Garrison Cap with 511th Parachute Regiment insignia and Paratrooper patch

On the other side of the blade it is engraved:-

It was then converted to percussion in the 1830's and may well have seen service for the Confederacy in the Civil War

Hat retains original russet brown leather sweatband

Original German WWII Heer Army Wehrmachthelferin Female Auxiliary Signals M38 Overseas Cap - Size 55 Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts - Overseas Garrison Cap withOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wehrmachthelferin was the name for girls and young women who served during the Second World War with the German Wehrmacht as auxiliaries. The first female auxiliary service in the Wehrmacht was the Army signals communications female auxiliaries, formed on 1 October 1940. Others followed suit, in the army and in the other services. Until December 1941, recruitment was by volunteer enlistment, but by that date