Description
Fallschirm Pi
This division was deployed to the Eastern Front in August 1944 to support the retreating Army Group Central against the Soviet summer offensive
the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire inscription of “SCHNELLBOOTSBEGLEITSCHIFF TANGA”
Footnote: Paul Wende was born on 11 September 1885 and was drafted into military Service on 1 April 1944
written in black ink
United States; China, Republic. A Second War China Theater-Made Flying Tigers Cbi Officer's Visor Cap Auction Archive Fallschirm PiThe exterior is fabricated from a dark khaki cotton, featuring the classic high peak, with a 48 mm wide band in khaki cotton around its circumference, the bottom edge of which is trimmed in a 10 mm band in dark khaki cotton. There is a 74 mm (w) x 65 mm (h) Chinese Air Force Commissioned Officer's cap badge sewn in place on the front, the cap badge insignia in silvered and gold coloured bullion wire in various textures, with blue threading outlining