Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Navy Blue Field Grade Officer Visor Cap - Schirmmütze MP 34 as marked on the barrel:

as marked on the barrel:

with two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels

though there is a repaired crack running partway through the wrist

Condition is worn and well used

however in this case the recipient is

Original German WWII Kriegsmarine Navy Blue Field Grade Officer Visor Cap - Schirmmütze MP 34 as marked on the barrel:Original Item: Only One Available. As with most countries, the Insignia and Rank structure of the German WWII Era Kriegsmarine Navy was different from their land based counterparts. This also extended to the visor caps that they used, in that they did not utilize the bullion chinstraps to denote rank, as they proved impractical for actual usage and leather chinstraps were worn instead. As a result, there was no way to determine Officers from Senior