"Marke Standard/ Extra Klasse" Maker Label

[stonemint]

I received a pm about the "marke standard/extra klasse" maker label. This was an original war-time label, but Janke has been prolific in his use of it.
Anyway, it appears to have been a generic label used be different retailers--most often without the eagle, but with "Marke Standard" in the usual font. Here is the common fake:

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Here is an original:

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An original w/o the eagle:

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This is an original (which is on the e-stand right now--a LW EM/NCO signals):

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So don't panic when you see this label--just be aware of the Janke tell-tale characteristics.

[stonemint]

I thought I would take the liberty of adding Remus's "Mark Standard" LW Flak to this thread for reference purposes:

[REMUS]

I thought I would take the liberty of adding Remus's "Mark Standard" LW Flak to this thread for reference purposes:

Hi
here's another original from an NCO infantry visor.

[SPQR]

Hi dear friends,
here's another original from an Artillery Oficer visor.
Please, note that mark is gold ink instead black like yours.
Sincerely<!-- / message --><!-- attachments -->

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Inside

[stonemint]

Beautiful hat, SPQR--I love the shape on these--they look like they are inflated, they are so "puffy."
For reference purposes, I will post Albert's Heer Medical, which exhibits the same shape:

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Try again:

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OK, here is Alberts:

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Here is the interior--note the 2-tone lining. This shot omits what seems to be characteristic of all these caps, a 1/2 circumference Stirndruckfrei feature:

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I've got a thing for this maker--in any event, it looks like the 1/2 moon stirndruckfrei feature was not on all Marke Standard caps--this is from a civil cap, which I believe to be wartime, given the "wasserdicht" lining:

[stevezz1]

Here is another one.....
Very well made and high quality.
This is one of my favourite caps.
It is also my avatar.

Steve.