Original German WWII Waffen SS M43 Maroon Parade Fez for Foreign Volunteers Russian Antique Guns There are also patent markings

There are also patent markings on the rotating breech:

and not that it makes any great difference

and was obsoleted in 1874 with the introduction of the metallic cartridge Gras Rifle that was in turn superseded in 1886 with the Lebel Rifle

Then came D-Day and the end of the 'Thousand-Year" Reich

Original German WWII Waffen SS M43 Maroon Parade Fez for Foreign Volunteers Russian Antique Guns There are also patent markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a maroon fez that was part of the dress uniform of a Waffen SS military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. The creation of this unit was authorized by AH in 1943. The original purpose was to combat Tito's partisans. Through recruitment and conscription, the unit had 26,000 soldiers within a few months. The group was commanded by German or ethnic German