Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor GTRexclude addressed "Excellency:" and inscribed "Please

addressed "Excellency:" and inscribed "Please convey my thanks to His Excellency The President of Pakistan for the beautiful gift I received on the occasion of his recent visit to Ottawa

Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Buffs" was raised and mobilized in Toronto

consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath topped by a Luftwaffe-style German national clutching a mobile swastika

likely worn by an Afrikakorps serviceman during the closing stages of the North African campaign

The blade edges are unsharpened with a semi-sharp tip

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Board Cap for Enlisted Rank to a U-Boat Sailor GTRexclude addressed "Excellency:" and inscribed "Please(Kriegsmarine dunkelblaues Schiffchen fr Mannschaften). An extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine board cap for Enlisted ranks, constructed of dark blue wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side walls which gently scallop toward the front. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia consisting of a dark blue rayon backer bearing a machine embroidered golden yellow Kriegsmarine eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 25 mm