Original German WWII 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division Handschar M43 Foreign Volunteer Maroon Parade Fez with Tassel & Sweatband Dated 1943 - Size 57 Original Display Machine Guns 708 caliber and rifled with

708 caliber and rifled with four lands and grooves

one of the best armor commanders of the war

retained by steel rivets

United States Army (ETOUSA)

This is a very nice service worn example of a genuine early WWII Issue U

Original German WWII 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division Handschar M43 Foreign Volunteer Maroon Parade Fez with Tassel & Sweatband Dated 1943 - Size 57 Original Display Machine Guns 708 caliber and rifled withOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a maroon fez that was part of the dress parade uniform of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), a military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. This was the first non Germanic Waffen SS division, and its formation marked the expansion of the Waffen SS into a multi ethnic military force. The creation of the 13th SS was