Crush Cap.

This is coolbert:

My initial reaction to the painting, "Torpedo Los" by Roy Lichtenstein, is that there was a slight technical error on the part of the artist.

The demented U-boat captain gazing through the periscope and ordering the firing of a torpedo is wearing his cap with the bill facing forward.

German U-boat captains would WEAR THEIR CAP BACKWARDS WHEN MANNING THE PERISCOPE AND TAKING AIM AT A TARGET?

So I had thought! This is what I have seen in films and photographs.

A U-boat commander WOULD WEAR HIS HAT AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON DUTY? A sign of authority, the rest of the crew being hatless?




The above particular photo shows Peter-Erich Cremer and a crew member during a patrol! Almost looks like something from "Das Boot". A theatrical and posed photo?

Here is a classical photo of a U-boat manning the periscope. THIS IS THE SORT OF THING I AM TALKING ABOUT. CAP WORN BACKWARDS. Commander Kurt Diggins at the controls in this case!



But, here we have another U-boat skipper, Erich Topp, who, in this photo, is wearing his cap regulation style, manning the perisocope without problem?



So which is it? NO ONE correct way? Seems so!

coolbert.