GERMAN WW2 KRIEGSMARINE VISOR CAP JUNIOR OFFICER COMPANY GRADE

This is a reproduction German WWII Kriegsmarine navy blue Junior Company Grade Officer visor cap – Schirmmütze.  This version of the cap was worn by officers of the Leutnant zur See (Ensign) rank up to Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant). Comes with both the Eagle insignia and tri-coloured cockade with oak leaf wreath, along with the half leaf embroidery around the edge of the visor, which represents the junior or company grade officer.

Size 58.

Normally military insignia of most countries were different styles for it’s Navy compared to it’s land based counterparts.  This was also followed by the Germans in WWII as a result the visor caps for Kriegsmarine did not have the bullion chin straps to show rank but used leather chin straps instead as bullion was impractical to use. 

Because of this there was no real way to determine Officers from Senior NCO’s up to 1936 at which time visor trim was introduced for officer ranks. Three different patterns were used for the Junior Company Grade Officers, the Senior Field Grade Officers and the Flag General Grade Officers.