U-853 officer's cap

Object/Artifact

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Destroyer Escort Historical Museum

1999.9.4

1999.9.4

Name/Title

U-853 officer's cap

Entry/Object ID

1999.9.4

Description

Black wool cap with embroidered wing design at top center featuring swastika. Embroidered cap device and embroidering along brim. Leather and wool damaged and degraded. At the time of the its recovery, it was claimed to be U-853 Kapitan Helmut Froemsdorff's cap.

Collection

USS Atherton DE 169 / U-853