From the Ferdinand Otto Miksche collection. Late 1930s Span...

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£260

From the Ferdinand Otto Miksche collection.
Late 1930s Spanish Civil War cap worn by Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Otto Miksche. Khaki cloth, thread red star, brass button and tassel. 

Miksche (1904-1992) was a Czech Captain and military historian, awarded the Medal of Freedom and Order of the Colonial Empire, and the author of a number of works on European military history. He was sent as part of a Czech convoy to Spain during the Civil War, and served as a major in the artillery unit.