After active service in the German army during WW II, Von Niedermayer died in a Russian prison hospital in 1948. The cap originates from the north of the country. It is 13.5 cm high.
See also the TRC digital exhibition Afghan Dress (TRC, Leiden, 2017) and the TRC digital exhibition Dressing The Stans: Textiles, Dress and Jewellery from Central Asia (TRC, Leiden, 2017).
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