Great uncles closet finds!

[lamarhooten]

Found this and afew other German goodies in a great-uncles closet recently. Knew he was in the war but no one, including him, ever talked of it. Any idea what unit/rank/specialty this hat goes to? Maybe a ballpark value too. Might be giving this to a local museum and they will want a value for tax reasons. Never have delt with any German stuff. Quicker to post here than to try and look it up. Thanks for any/all help!

[History Man]

Looks like a very nice NCO Luftwaffe Signals visor cap.

 

Philip

[RDUNE]

Nice looking visor

 

Personally, I wouldn't give it to a museum. Chances are that they will never display it, and may or may not store it properly. At least that's been my experience with museums.

[manayunkman]

Very small size German Air Force enlisted man's NCO's visor for signal troops.

 

This is the government issue hat that has suffered from being squashed.

 

400.00

[Mr.Jerry]

yep, I echo what was said.

Museums (generally) are the worst places you can give things.

One museum here has 85 german gas masks. how many on display? zero.

 

$400 is right on the numbers.

[Timberwolf]

Great signals visor! Although like the others have said why donate it? It's something your uncle brought back and imo would be a part of your family history!

[Jack's Son]

Very nice visor.

[manayunkman]

You might want to check under the leather sweat band as sometimes the unit is stamped there.

[gunbarrel]

If you don't want to sell them, trade them for something you collect of similar value.