Erel Quality

[LOTHRINGEN]

Hi

I Am Always Learning !
In Fact erel Produced Different Qualities Of Cap.

"extra" , "privat" , "standart" , "ideal" ?

But What Is The Highest Grades ?
Are There Major Differences According To Productions ?

Best Regards

[solo]

Hi LOt ,Privat is the best ,than extra,standard and 140.
Ciao
Carlo

[NTZ]

There are more than a few that think the Ideal is a post war piece. I am on the fence with that one. I would want a hands on with one before coming to any conclusions.

[mjfur]

Wasn't there an EREL "Triumph"?

Regards,
Mike

[Drew Wright]

I was just about to post a question about the Erel Triumph but actually did a search before asking... Novel idea! Anyhow, does anyone know what the story on these (when made, where they fell in the Erel quality range, etc.)?

Regards,

Drew

[mjfur]

I believe this was previously posted on the forum. Ideal-1938.

IIRC, Triumph's are only from one specific Erel distributor.

Regards,
Mike

[Drew Wright]

Thanks for posting that; very interesting. I don't think I've ever seen an Erel "Prima" before...

Regards,

Drew

[eurocentric]

Very interesting! Look at the listing of styles under the EREL-logo. The order of listing is different on the two advertisements. Does this mean something?

[mjfur]

Very interesting! Look at the listing of styles under the EREL-logo. The order of listing is different on the two advertisements. Does this mean something?

It shows an approximate date when Erel changed the names of thier visors.

Regards,
Mike

[eurocentric]

Yes, but "EXTRA" moved in the listing to the penultimate position from the first. Maybe it is just nothing of meaning and only arbitrariness of the typesetter.

[IR 529]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ght=erel+prima

[NTZ]

I have owned countless Extra’s and Privat’s and have yet to see a difference in quality. Now the Standard does not have an inferior quality but does miss some options like the Stirnschutz or vent some times.

[stonemint]

I have owned countless Extra’s and Privat’s and have yet to see a difference in quality. Now the Standard does not have an inferior quality but does miss some options like the Stirnschutz or vent some times.

I agree with the above--supposedly it was the amount of padding, but I always wondered if it wasn't just a little bit of advertising puffery on the part of Herr Lubstein, and you were just paying a little more for a pale-green lining with Privat stamp....

I did hear that a dealer recently found some of the papers of the Erel company, so hopefully this mystery will be solved at long last.

[Drew Wright]

Harry:

Thanks for posting the link to the Prima hat. Incredibly nice hat!

Regards,

Drew

[Koguryo9]

I wanted to bring up this old thread to ask our resident headgear experts to confirm this yet again (I didn't know if we have reached a consensus on the different classes of EREL visor caps):

Prior to October 1938 it was Extra>Prima>Standard>Ideal, with Extra being the highest and Ideal being the lowest quality wise?

After October 1938 it was Privat>Extra>Standard>140 quality wise, while Triumph was a unique distributor label?

Did I get it right?

And no apparent/REAL quality differences in terms of materials used and construction between the different classes?