Germany, Heer. A Tropical M35 Overseas Field Cap for Enlisted Ranks, by Hans Brandt certificate_of_authenticity " The Cape Field Artillery

" The Cape Field Artillery had fired 360 rounds

to replace that of the formerly independent Federal State of Austria after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany

ornate suspension

It features a 217 mm long nickel-plated magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened edges

It is stamped with the manufacturer's mark D/A likely denoting James  Dixon & Sons Ltd of Sheffield as the manufacturer and Edgar Allen & Co Ltd of Sheffield as the supplier to the army

Germany, Heer. A Tropical M35 Overseas Field Cap for Enlisted Ranks, by Hans Brandt certificate_of_authenticity " The Cape Field Artillery(Heer Tropen Schiffchen M35 fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Heer tropical overseas cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of olive drab cotton. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which scallop toward the front, while the crown is flanked by ventilation holes which are reinforced with brown painted zink grommets. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a brown rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered silver