Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern, by G.A. Hoffmann Helmfabrik Auction Footnote: George Henry Eden Forbes

Footnote: George Henry Eden Forbes was born on March 6

on top of which is set a fairly large genuine old cut diamond (also another old cut diamond on reverse)

he has been seen as a harbinger of Nazi anti-Semitism

with a bow on the bottom of the wreath

An award document to Signalobergefreiter Ernst Lutz from Torpedo Boat T24 for an Iron Cross 1939 II

Germany, Heer. A Tropical Pith Helmet, First Pattern, by G.A. Hoffmann Helmfabrik Auction Footnote: George Henry Eden Forbes(Heer Tropenhelm, 1. Form). A first pattern Heer tropical pith helmet, constructed of pressed cork shell with a multi piece khaki tan cotton twill exterior liner. It features a central canister topped on the crown by a ventilation shaft hidden by a dome lined in identical cotton twill. The left side of the canister is pinned with a zink alloy insignia consisting of a black shield bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle, measuring 35 mm (w) x