But it must be real because Royster says it is.
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I'm always amazed and amused at dealers (who have such limited knowledge about specific areas of militaria) that can so easily blow off the opinions of collectors, who have been specializing in that area for most of their life.
You just have to laugh up your sleeve and move on.
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If the cap sells please give me the buyer's info I have a spare bridge for sale, we don't need both here in townComment
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Whats that got to with it, is it even for sale? where?
Forget about ADR or the #148 even the bloke who supposedly found it.
I wanted to know why the 1914 stamp is B.A.V1 Korps and not B.A.1 whatever. Do we have a Prussian Korp cap issued to the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division or not?
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I am shocked to come here and learn we are not real collectors!
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Where is it now?pseudo-expertComment
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Ah, Prosper Keating is at it again...
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so what is being claimed here? Is this or is this not AH(Aldoph Hilters) hat.Comment
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The answer by A.D. Royster:
"Dear Sir:
I am entirely certain the cap is genuine.
The owner has an official EUCOM document permitting the soldier to retain and ship back to the United States a number of captured items, to specifically include this cap.
I have had a number of such pieces over the years and there is no doubt whatsoever that the cap is an authentic one.
The cockades are steel instead of the modern aluminum ones and the ink from the issue depot was checked and is old.
Ink is easy to date, by the way.
The hat is of the correct size and the official issue marks are all authentic.
And provenance is indeed very important on item, be it paintings, sculpture or personality items.
Old Charlie Snyder with his barn full of fake 'Hitler paintings' and all of the glittering fakes offered by Messers Wolfe, Gottlieb, et al, never have provenance.
The fake "Grand Cross" papers Wolfe sold to Chen for a million dollars and the "Hitler desk set" are excellent examples of the superficial, and simple, attempts at fraud.
And why not buy "an investment quality SS Honor Ring" that shows surface pitting from being recently cast?
Poor Hitler has had more fakes attributed to him that the medieval religious world was able to concoct Jesus relics but Goering is a close second!
The 'Spear of Destiny' is a Saxon piece from about 700 AD and the Shroud of Turin was made by painting a decently-draped model with egg tempra and pressing the 13th Century cloth drape over him while he was still damp.
The high-end militaria dealers merely say that they "got it from a vet" but without the slightest offer of proof.
That's why the papers accompanying this hat make it well worth the price.
I am rather tired of seeing obvious frauds such as a 'Fieldmarshal von Mannstein' tunic that is size 38 regular when von Mannstein was a 42 regular.
On the other hand, as I explained to the outraged and wailing owner of this entertainment, it was probably made for Mannstein when he was ten in anticipation of his later position!
The owner has sold the Hitler cap to a major dealer in Hitler pieces and it is listed in his catalog.
Thank you for your comments.
A.D. Royster"
Voilà!
@ Nick Carraway: The last pictures of Keating. He is a old dwarf!
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Interesting. You have at least two points well made.Comment
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Which two might those be?pseudo-expertComment
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That's really all I need to see. He has papers. Must be legit....Comment
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