Germany, Heer. A Tropical Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, C. 1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Exemplary Conduct Medal

Footnote: The Exemplary Conduct Medal (Medalha de Comportamento Exemplar) was established by the Ministry of War of Portugal on October 2

in action at Pretoria and at Diamond Hill in June 1900 and in operations in Transvaal in September 1900

affixed onto a cream-coloured underside

maker marked but mostly illegible

overlaying a rectangular plaque bearing a raised date of “1939”

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap, C. 1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Exemplary Conduct Medal(Heer Schiffchen). An extremely well preserved Heer Tropical EM NCOs overseas cap, constructed of olive drab cotton twill. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down scalloped side panels, and is flanked on each side by a ventilation hole reinforced with a brown painted zink eyelet. Stitched onto the peak of the cap is an insignia in the form of a light brown cotton backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed