Netherlands, Kingdom. An Infantry Kepi,C.1940 Newly Listed 79 mm x 36

79 mm x 36

Footnote: The Segelschulschiff Niobe was a tall ship used by the German Navy to train cadets and aspiring NCOs

with Private Lang subsequently transferred as a reinforcement to the 54th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion"

He was then was sent to the Depot Ship H

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Victoriaville

Netherlands, Kingdom. An Infantry Kepi,C.1940 Newly Listed 79 mm x 36(Infanterie Kepie). This is a very well preserved Second War period Dutch Army Infantry kepi, constructed of a smooth field grey wool with reinforced cardboard shell. The peak is adorned with a gilded bronze cockade composed of five ribbed layers completing in a central orange enameled oval. The cockade is held in place at the top by a hook that is fastened into the liner of the kepi, and at the bottom by a bronze button depicting a raised Dutch