the cap has a 30 mm wide reddish-brown leather sweatband
smooth and free of chipping but remains loose-fitting
The tang is the earliest initial production type having a more rectangular shape
settling in Ontario for the next four years
Signature on Post War Photo: Walter Seebach
Soldbook To The 553Rd Grenadier-Regiment Archive the cap has a 30Estade of Obergefreiter Kurt Sondergeld of Staff I. Grenadier Regiment 553. Iron Cross, 1939, 2. class, with document (12. 8. 1942, OU Gen. Maj. Schlopper) Wounded Badge, 1939, in Black, with document (12. 8. 1942, OU) same, document, in Silver (20. 12. 1943, OU) Soldbook, with photo and entries.