Originally posted by Michael D. Gallagher
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Hi Andreas,
In some cases, where the Visor Hats were deemed reusable, the colored piping was shaved down, and the colored piping was then repiped in white. A few collector friends I know have examples of these. In other more rare instances, the owner of the Visor Hat, chose to repipe the color piping himself, and to keep wearing the hat. Tony F. has a very nice Panzer Visor Hat example of one of these. Fortunately, a very few early examples of Colorpiped Visor Hats somehow managed to survive without being turned in, shaved and reissued in white over color piping. Your Pioneer colorpiped "Saddle Shaped" Visor Hat is a very fine example.
I think if an early NVA Visor Hat were to turn up with one of the unique and rare two piece Visor Hat cockades on it, it would most probably be an Infantry one.
In some cases, where the Visor Hats were deemed reusable, the colored piping was shaved down, and the colored piping was then repiped in white. A few collector friends I know have examples of these. In other more rare instances, the owner of the Visor Hat, chose to repipe the color piping himself, and to keep wearing the hat. Tony F. has a very nice Panzer Visor Hat example of one of these. Fortunately, a very few early examples of Colorpiped Visor Hats somehow managed to survive without being turned in, shaved and reissued in white over color piping. Your Pioneer colorpiped "Saddle Shaped" Visor Hat is a very fine example.
I think if an early NVA Visor Hat were to turn up with one of the unique and rare two piece Visor Hat cockades on it, it would most probably be an Infantry one.
Nico
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