Personal Luftwaffe General's visor cap to Ernst Udet. The visor cap was given to Udet's former driver after his death. It remained in the family and is now available on the market for the first time.

High-quality private purchased visor cap made by EREL, Berlin. Fine gold color silk lining with intact celluloid diamond. "EREL Sonderklasse Extra" marked. A "Stechbarth" tailor's label named to "Herr General Udet". The name is hand-written in ink.

The sweatband shows signs of wear. It is, again, EREL maker marked and comes with an "U" initial tag. You can see two tiny holes for the prongs of another "E" tag with is now missing. 

Originally attached insignia. Fine, hand-stitched bullion cap eagle and wreath badge. Beautiful quality. Nice patina. All insignia including the chin strap, buttons and gold piping are matching up excellent in condition and patina.

Size 55.

Condition 2. No moth damage. Great shape.

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Ernst Udet ( 1896 - 1941) was a famous WWI flying ace scoring 62 confirmed victories by the end of his life. The highest scoring German fighter pilot to survive that war, and the second-highest scoring after Manfred von Richthofen, his commander in the Flying Circus, Udet rose to become a squadron commander under Richthofen, and later under Hermann Göring. Udet spent the 1920s and early 1930s as a stunt pilot, international barnstormer, light aircraft manufacturer, and playboy.

By 1939 Udet had risen to the post of Director-General of Equipment for the Luftwaffe. The launch of Operation Barbarossa, combined with issues with the Luftwaffe's needs for equipment outstripping Germany's production capacity and increasingly poor relations with the NSDAP, caused Udet to commit suicide on 17 November 1941 by shooting himself in the head.