GERMAN WWII GAULEITER DR.ALFRED MEYER’S VISOR CAP.

A highly important piece being the red piped Gauleiter’s cap of the Gauleiter of North Westphalia from 1931 to 1945. The cap itself constructed in the canvas brown political material. Gauleitung wine red piping to the upper and lower sections of the velvet centre band, also the full circumference of the crown. Some very tiny weevel nips to the crown itself and to the red wine piping. The velvet centre band has some puckering to the band mainly on the left hand side. Fitted with the standard political insignia of gilded eagle, which is slightly toned. Matching all gilded metallic political wreath with double enamelled red and black central cockade. Standard political gold cap cord with gold political side buttons. To the interior the cap with its mid tan leather sweatband showing very little wear use. Gold heavily weave lined interior with an undamaged centre celluloid lozenge, to the lower edge of the lozenge on a small slip of paper placed in the name tag box ‘Gauleiter Dr.A.Meyer’. On turning down the sweatband the original RZM tuchmutze label is revealed in excellent condition. An important piece of headdress, for a full biography of Alfred Meyer view Google, Meyer joined the NSDAP in April 1928, rapidly rising in ranks, in 1930 he became a member of the Reichstag and in 1931 Gauleiter in North Westphalia. He held many other posts within the NSDAP and was an honorary SA Gruppenfuhrer and following an SA Obergruppenfuhrer. September 39 he was Chief of Civil Administration in the west, in May 1940 he was appointed acting Reich Defence Commissioner for Military District 7. In 1941 he became State Secretary and Deputy to Alfred Rosenberg in the Reich Ministry for the occupied Eastern Territories. Meyer also attended the Wannsee Conference. Meyer was found dead on 11th April 1945 by the River Weser, cause of death suicide. The cap is of a small size, viewing the photographs of Meyer in 1941 it can clearly be seen he had a head size of small proportions, this cap was brought back to the UK by a British veteran the area of North Westphalia was in the British zone of occupation.

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