Original WWII Italian Engineer Officer's Evening Dress Peaked Visor Cap British Artwork & Posters This is the lovely A-2

This is the lovely A-2 Flight Jacket & crusher cap of Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient & Fighter Pilot Lieutenant William M Mettler Jr

was the territorial army of the Cisleithanian or Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1869 to 1918

and one is stuck in the down position

and has the correct later war galvanized steel liner band with foam rubber spacers between the band and the leather of the liner

and the tang of the blade is signed (Mei) with the characters 濃 州 関 住 小島 勝正 作

Original WWII Italian Engineer Officer's Evening Dress Peaked Visor Cap British Artwork & Posters This is the lovely A-2Original Item: Only One Available: This is an excellent condition genuine WWII Italian one bronze band strap visor hat, indicating the rank of Sottotenente or 2nd Lieutenant. The front of the cap has a lovely hand embroidered bullion badge, showing an Eagle perched on a fasces over two crossed axes with a green circle in the center. This is the insignia of the Engineers. The cap is in good condition with the visor and chinstrap both in good shape, the