Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction 1 General Hospital on February

1 General Hospital on February 3

1944 in Winnipeg

as fragments remained embedded in his knee

a copper-washed iron core

Reverse bearing “Travail et Progres- Arbeid En Vooruitgang” (translation: work and progress in French and Dutch)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Sailor’s Cap Blue Cover, Named Example, by August Geiger Auction 1 General Hospital on February(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaue Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of dark navy blue wool, the rim reinforced with a layer of black rayon, the interior encompassed by a blue rayon liner with the crown bearing a partially legible makers mark of AUG. GEIGER for a noted manufacturer of Kriegsmarine headgear, along with a white label bearing a machine embroidered red owners surname of BAUER, measuring 27 cm in diameter when folded on a flat surface, in