Germany, Heer. An Infantry Officer’s Crusher Cap, By J. Spere Hold The front has a vertical

The front has a vertical row of four dark tan plastic buttons on the right side

as a replacement for the Hero of Israel military decoration that was awarded during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel B

bearing the likeness of the new sovereign

bent ring)

Germany, Heer. An Infantry Officer’s Crusher Cap, By J. Spere Hold The front has a vertical(Heer Schirmmtze). A very well preserved Heer Infantry Officers crusher cap, constructed of field grey wool. The cap features a dark green wool cap band surrounding the side walls. Bands of white Waffenfarbe piping adorn both the crown and the top and bottom of the cap bands. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a dark green cotton backer bearing a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed