Germany, Reichsforstdienst. A Reich Forestry Service Officer’s Visor Cap, By Erel GTRexclude Lorne Rifles in November 1881

Lorne Rifles in November 1881

measruing 57 mm x 37 mm

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of Franz Joseph I circumscribed by name and title

with the boar's head above the maple leaf in the centre

Germany, Reichsforstdienst. A Reich Forestry Service Officer’s Visor Cap, By Erel GTRexclude Lorne Rifles in November 1881(Reichsforstdienst Schirmmtze). A well preserved Reich Forestry Service (Reichsforstdienst) officers visor cap, constructed of field grey wool with a forest green cap band. Bands of forest green piping surround both the crown, as well as the top and bottom of the cap band. Stitched into the peak of the cap is an insignia consisting of a padded forest green wool base bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire German national eagle clutching a