Luft Winter Cap

[GARY1405]

Guys

This one is up for sale and would like opinions on it please.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=144123

Thanks
Gary

[ROBB]

Does it smell of sheepskin? My personal thoughts are these are being manufactured somewhere in Eastern Europe . It is practically the same as one I posted recently which was discovered to be bad but this one has a label which isnt hard to add and has brown fur ,lets face it it looks brand new .Ask the seller where he got it .Of course I could be completely wrong .Rob.

[mjfur]

Cap

The cap is an original one. It has the correct wartime snaps. There are repro's being made but, this is NOT one of them.

Regards,
Mike

[Gerd W.]

The cap is an original one. It has the correct wartime snaps. There are repro's being made but, this is NOT one of them.

Regards,
Mike

You have a picture of this snap Mike?

[mjfur]

pic

Here's the snap. It's a PRYM 6H and it has the correct pattern. FYI, I owned this cap at one time. I bought it over 10 yrs ago, pre-ebay, got it from a family and paid less than $100 for it.

[ROBB]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=ski+cap

Heres a useful thread ,I think you have to make up your own mind as to wether they are real or not .It doesnt take much for the faker to realise his earlier mistakes and correct them by adding the correct snaps and a label ,but they shouldnt have a fresh sheepskin smell .Rob.

[Gerd W.]

Here's the snap. It's a PRYM 6H and it has the correct pattern.

Maybe hard to believe, but this PRYM is not PRYM (IMHO)

Here a picture of a FAKE FJ-gasmask bag! Same new looking PRYM H6 snap.

It needs a very close inspection (or a perfect straight view picture), to find out if this white cap snap is original or not. Only a maker name on it, didn´t make it original.

From the pictures in this thread I have serious doubts! There are some little features not as they should be.........

Said it already in another thread, I can´t judge the cap itself, only the snap!!

[mjfur]

Hat

I'm curious why everyone thinks "ALL" these caps are repro's. Yes, there are repro's of them but, there were tons of originals made.

FYI, I owned this cap at one time, bought it over 10 yrs ago, pre-ebay, from a family and paid less than $100 for it. No one that has ever handled this cap had anything to say except original.

Your pics of the repro PRYM doesn't match the "dot" pattern on what is on the hat. So, your theory is, we have two different snaps and they are both fake?

I have also seen differences on the "male" side of the NEW snaps compared to originals.


Regards,
Mike

[Gerd W.]

Mike, feel free and provide us a straight picture of the snap!

[mjfur]

pic

Niedersachsen,

Here is a pic that you posted in the other thread showing "the correct" snap. Same details as what is on the hat.

Regards,

[Gerd W.]

Niedersachsen,

Here is a pic that you posted in the other thread showing "the correct" snap. Same details as what is on the hat.

Regards,

I have to disagree Mike, that******180;s not the one on the hat! On the hat is a PRYM H6, which has some different features as a PRYM 6 (the one I posted as example).

[mjfur]

pic

As I said, I no longer own the cap. Can't take a pic.
I do know where I bought it and where it has been sitting for the last 10yrs or so.

Look at the "dot" pattern on both the hat and your original pic. It's the same "dot" pattern. Thats where the differnce lies between originals and repro's, the dots.

Your repro pic on FJ Gasmask bag doesn't have the correct dots.

It's "PRYM 6H" not "H6"

Any pics of early 90's repro winter caps???

Regards,
Mike

[mjfur]

snaps

The pic of the repro FJ Bag has "dashes" not "dots" between the PRYM and 6H markings.

If you look on the other thread about winter hats,
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...hlight=ski+cap

Look at the "dot" pattern.

This is a repro pic.

[mjfur]

pic3

This is a repro pic,

[Gerd W.]

Mike, a member asked for an opinion and I spent my time to answer him. It dosn´t bother me, that this cap was or is yours, I want to point out some differences.

If someone has to show an original white cap, which is since decades in his collection, that would help us more!

Here an original PRYM 4H and 6H snap (thanks for the snappish heads-up). Compare it for yourself!

Look for the very little details and I´m sure you´ll find them.