German Wehrmacht Visor Cap Wreath and Cockade Insignia
A cap insignia in the form of an oak leaf wreath surrounding a cockade, cast in a light metal believed to be zinc alloy. The cockade features a serrated ring encircling a red-painted center within concentric white and black rings, all mounted to the wreath device.
This insignia design was worn on the visor caps of German Wehrmacht personnel from 1935 to 1945, mounted below the national eagle emblem. The oak leaf wreath surrounding the black-white-red cockade represented the traditional German national colours, a symbol carried over from earlier Imperial and Weimar-era military headgear. Such cap insignia were produced in large quantities for army, navy, and air force uniforms, distinguishing branches primarily through the eagle device worn above them rather than the wreath and cockade itself.
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A cap insignia in the form of an oak leaf wreath surrounding a cockade, cast in a light metal believed to be zinc alloy. The cockade features a serrated ring encircling a red-painted center within concentric white and black rings, all mounted to the wreath device.
This insignia design was worn on the visor caps of German Wehrmacht personnel from 1935 to 1945, mounted below the national eagle emblem. The oak leaf wreath surrounding the black-white-red cockade represented the traditional German national colours, a symbol carried over from earlier Imperial and Weimar-era military headgear. Such cap insignia were produced in large quantities for army, navy, and air force uniforms, distinguishing branches primarily through the eagle device worn above them rather than the wreath and cockade itself.
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