WHITE CREW CAP OF THE AVISO GRILLE

WHITE CREW CAP OF THE AVISO GRILLE

A cap of a sailor from the private yacht of the German Chancellor.
Mint condition!
The Aviso Grille was a ship of the Kriegsmarine and at the same time a state yacht at the disposal of the Reich Chancellor and his leadership for private and representative purposes.
The German industry donated the ship as a state yacht.
The launch took place on December 15, 1934 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg and was commissioned in 1935.
The interior was designed by the then star architect Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot.
Some ship's rooms were specially decorated for the chancellor.

The National Socialist elite often met on the ship.
It was used several times on official occasions, such as the fleet parade in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Skagerrak on 30 May 1936.
The sailing competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics,
The state visit of the Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy in the summer of 1938.
The state visit of the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. In August 1939.
And the state visit of Benito Mussolini in the summer of 1942.
As a representative ship it was also used for the launches of the Wilhelm Gustloff, Prinz Eugen and Horst Wessel.

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