Germany, Hj. A Flak Helper’s Field Cap Auction Archive The Captain’s grandfather on the

The Captain’s grandfather on the maternal side was William M

engraved in Arabic to Master Difran

A Worn Tropical Luftwaffe Cloth Eagle - Machine embroidered khaki eagle on triangular desert tan cloth

4 - New England Fowlers

leading the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943

Germany, Hj. A Flak Helper’s Field Cap Auction Archive The Captain’s grandfather on the(HJ Flakhelfer Feldmtze). A well preserved HJ Flak Helpers field cap, constructed of dark slate grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels, scalloped at the front, providing optional ear and neck protection to the wearer. When not in use, the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with a single pebbled and grey painted magnetic metal button on the right flap meeting an analogous reinforced buttonhole on the left