Gents,

 

I picked up this Hausmutze (House Cap) that was advertised as a, " 'WEIMAR RECHSWEHR 1919 FIELD CAP "CRUSHER CAP'. Very nice condition green wool body 'crusher' hat. Some moth tracking and a couple of 1/16" holes but nothing bad. Inside shows some light soiling from wear and has a Berlin clothing depot stamp and dated 1923. Has some other stampings but hard to make out. Front of cap has national cockade and probably saw use into the 1930's. I'm guessing about a size 6-1/2".

I know these distinctive soft "crusher" caps were worn by the Reichswehr period Army and the Police and that Police terminology called them a "Hausmutze". I have never heard them described as a "1919 Field Cap". Is this Reichsheer terminology or collector terminology like calling them a crusher cap?

Here are some photos including one of a couple of period Hessische Polizei wearing the cap for fatigue duty.  I have also seen photographs of the Police wearing this cap with different insignia well after 1933. Any thoughts or insight would be helpful.
 

 

And, here is another photo of the Hesse Polizei wearing the cap taken from Horst Friedrich, "Dienstwaffen der deutschen Polizei und Gendarmerie".  

 

 

I did some research and as far as I could find out the official Reichswehr designation of this cap was "Feldmuetze fuer Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften" (field cap for NCO and enlisted). The field cap was introduced in 1919 and in general worn with one cockade.

Here is one which sold a while back:

 

Thanks to all for the help in identifying the nomenclature of this cap.  Two different descriptions for the same cap it seems.  So, the 1919 Field Cap was the Reichswehr designation while the Police called it a Hausemutze.