374 White Summer Visor Hat for NSDAP - Reichsleiter.
White cloth with a wide brown velvet waistband with piping of gilded metal thread embroidery (bullion) . Finished in brown party color cloth at the lower edge. Gilt metal cap eagle. The lug on the cap lid is white according to regulations. The oak leaves of gilded metal threads (bullion) embroidered directly onto the brown velvet. Cockade silvered and enamelled. Anodised gilt cap cord on gilt light metal buttons. Embossed lacquer visor.
Original white artificial silk lining with RZM manufacturer's label. Fine brown leather sweatband perforated at the front.
Literature: Jeff Clark: Uniforms of the NSDAP, Atglen PA, 2007, p. 138 f with illustration of an example with metal oak wreath.
Exceptionally rare visor cap for an NSDAP - Reichsleiter only very few examples known.