WWI IMPERIAL GERMAN BADEN FELDMUTZE CAP HAT WW1

WWI Imperial German Infantry private purchased feldmutze with the national cockade above the cockade of Baden. Excellent. In 1907 the German army introduced a new field-grey uniform, including headgear, to replace the previously worn dark blue uniforms. In 1915 after the outbreak of WWI the new 1910 uniform underwent minor modifications and was re-designated the M1915 uniform. On its introduction the M1907 "Kratzchen" field cap for enlisted personnel was issued with a branch of service, (waffenfarbe) colored centerband and piping. In 1917 the "Kratzchen" field cap was modified by discontinuing the branch of service color centerbands and replacing them with a less visible green centerband for all branches of service but both versions of the caps were worn concurrently. After the 1917 modification of the branch of service color centerbands being replaced with the general service green centerband the earlier caps were still worn but usually with a strip of drab cloth covering the branch of service color.