M43 style hat questions...?

Alright guys!

Picked up a neat m43 style german hat today. Have a few questions on it. Civilian or military? What unit? Is it wartime or postwar? I'll describe the best I can..

Black wool m43 style with reddish-pink piping on upper rim of hat. No insignia on outer portion of the hat. Inside has a leather type sweat band in the front. Has maker/mfg label in top portion. (described below) No other markings that I can see at this time.

Maker/mfg label sewn in top of hat covered with a diamond shape plastic cover.

"Vehmann-Weinhold oHG."

WEINHEIM/BERGSTR.

also has in a diamond shape-

V
FEUERSCHUTZ
W


Thanks!!

Ranger-1

Ranger, I'm not up on my German civic/admin stuff, but my guess is some form of railroad/water police/fire police hat, likely postwar. This style of hat was very popular wartime and postwar. It's definitely not wartime military.
Regards,
Hambone

M43

Ham,

Thanks for the input on the hat!!

Ranger-1

Concur with Ham, that sweat diamond is a good way to tell, it has the post war vinyl look to it...wartime sweat diamonds were brittle celluloid, and truthfully I never saw one on an M43 style cap, only visor caps...